Species: The Deceiver (Laccaria laccata)
Family: Gilled Mushrooms (HYDNANGIACEAE)
Category: Fungi
Location: One Sighting
A. Fungi
More extensive information on fungi can be found in a separate blog post.
B. Gilled Mushrooms (HYDNANGIACEAE)
Species in this family commonly form ectomycorrhizal relationships with the roots of trees, both deciduous and coniferous. They may have mushroom-like fruiting bodies or gasteroid bodies (like puffballs).
C. The Deceiver (Laccaria laccata)
Deceivers often show different colours when wet or dry. This species is tawny to brick-red when moist and ochre-yellow when dry. The depressed caps are wavy at the margin.
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The Deceiver
Deceivers often show different colours when wet or dry. This species is tawny to brick-red when moist and ochre-yellow when dry.
