Species: Deer Shield (Pluteus cervinus)
Family: Gilled Mushrooms (PLUTEACEAE)
Category: Fungi
Location: One Sighting
A. Fungi
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B. Gilled Mushrooms (PLUTEACEAE)
This is a family of salmon-pink, spored mushrooms, with free gills. They generally grow on rotten wood, and include the shield fungi.
C. Deer Shield (Pluteus cervinus)
The bell-shaped cap is sepia to dark umber with radiating streaks. The gills are white turning pink. The species is found on rotting stumps and trunks.
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Deer Shield
The species, Deer Shield, is found on rotting stumps and trunks.
