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Lepista irina?


coastwx

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I saw Dave's response to another post and found a similar unknown mushroom this past weekend. These were growing from ground underneath a decaying log that was shedding some decay litter. Unfortunately, no spore print, but plan to search the area this coming weekend and will update if there are any left.

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Gills look to be strongly decurrent for L. irina. I think these may be examples of Entoloma abortivum. Spore print for L. irina is light pinkish-buff. Spore print for E. abortivum is rich salmon pink. Entolomas have darker pink prints than Lepistas. Looking at the spores under a 400x microscope is the best way to ID a mushroom to genus Entoloma. These types have spores angular/irregular. Also, E. abortivum is usually found along with the aborted Armillaria mushrooms that it parasitizes... whitish cloud-like globs.

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Coastwx, another possibilityn here is Clitopilus prunulus. This type also has pink spore print, but darker than L. irina.

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