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Brown mushroom in the woods with gills


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I've been examining the gills from some that are growing on a well-rotted tree in my yard. I realize the color might be described as "pinkish". The gills are free from the stem and are crowded. I'm doing a spore print right now to know more, however I think this might be a deer mushroom from the pluteus cervinus group. What do you think? 

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I think you've got it right, allhisblessings. Looks like a species of Pluteus. If not P. cervinus, then a species that is close/similar. The key traits for Pluteus are that the gills do not meet/touch the stalks (free "attachment"), and a deep pink spore print (which some people describe as light brown). But beware... some types of Entoloma mushrooms have sinuate gill attachment --gill connected to the stalk by a thin possibly threadlike extension-- and gills attached like this can break completely away from the stalk, creating the appearance of free attachment. Like Pluteus, Entolomas have deep pink spore prints. With Pluteus you can generally see the rounded edges of the gills bending away from the stalk, as appears to be the case with the ones seen here. If there's some doubt, and you have access to a 400x microscope, then Entoloma spores are very distinctively shaped, angular to almost polygonal. Pluteus spores are smooth and ellipsoid to almost round. 

Also of interest here is genus Hebeloma, which have light brown spore prints, gills with notched or adnexed attachment, and almond-shaped spores with textured surface. 

Most species of Entoloma and Hebeloma are thought to be toxic. 

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On 12/19/2017 at 8:04 PM, Dave W said:

I think you've got it right, allhisblessings. Looks like a species of Pluteus. If not P. cervinus, then a species that is close/similar. The key traits for Pluteus are that the gills do not meet/touch the stalks (free "attachment"), and a deep pink spore print (which some people describe as light brown). But beware... some types of Entoloma mushrooms have sinuate gill attachment --gill connected to the stalk by a thin possibly threadlike extension-- and gills attached like this can break completely away from the stalk, creating the appearance of free attachment. Like Pluteus, Entolomas have deep pink spore prints. With Pluteus you can generally see the rounded edges of the gills bending away from the stalk, as appears to be the case with the ones seen here. If there's some doubt, and you have access to a 400x microscope, then Entoloma spores are very distinctively shaped, angular to almost polygonal. Pluteus spores are smooth and ellipsoid to almost round. 

Also of interest here is genus Hebeloma, which have light brown spore prints, gills with notched or adnexed attachment, and almond-shaped spores with textured surface. 

Most species of Entoloma and Hebeloma are thought to be toxic. 

Thank you! Good to know... the spore print was indeed a light brown to pinkish color... before the specimen turned to goo from the worms infesting it ?

I will continue to observe. I come across this mushroom often. 

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