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6 Records
Status
Found solitary or in small groups on ground under hardwoods.
Description
Cap: Orange-yellow to brownish-yellow, darker in center; convex to flat with depressed center; appressed radiating scales; remnants of ring may hang from edge; viscid to dry; flesh white. Gills: Off-white becoming gray-brown, eventually purplish-brown; close. Stalk: White to dirty yellow; sticky when young, dry, slightly scaly to nearly smooth in age; persistent white ring; some have slightly bulbous base; white rhizomorphs. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)
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Hard's Stropharia (gills, stalk, and cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/13/2010).
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Joanne Solem.
Hard's Stropharia in Howard Co., Maryland (10/13/2010). Image shows gills, rings, and stalks (note rhizomorphs on lower left fruiting body).
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Joanne Solem.
Hard's Stropharia in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/19/2020). No rights reserved.
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wearethechampignons via iNaturalist.
Hard's Stropharia in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/19/2020). No rights reserved.
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wearethechampignons via iNaturalist.
Hard's Stropharia in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/19/2020). No rights reserved.
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wearethechampignons via iNaturalist.
Hard's Stropharia in Howard Co., Maryland (10/13/2010). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Hard's Stropharia in Howard Co., Maryland (10/13/2010). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Spores of Hard's Stropharia in Howard Co., Maryland (10/13/2010). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Spores collected from a Hard's Stropharia specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/13/2010). Ellipsoid, smooth with apical pore; measured 5.4-6.2 x 3.6-4.3 microns.
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Robert Solem.