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Orange caps in pine litter

Unidentified agaric Uncertain

Low–moderate confidence TM0146 14 August 2026 · 10:21 8 frames
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Angles captured. Four field frames including one held up to show the underside, plus four of the spore print.

Morphology

Cap 4–5 cm, warm orange-brown, smooth and slightly greasy. Gills present, not pores, running down the stipe slightly. Spore print ochre-brown.

Habitat & substrate

Deep pine needle litter.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

An ochre-brown spore print rules out both the white-spored and the rust-spored groups. Combined with gills that run down the stipe and an orange-brown cap, this is a real narrowing.

Notes

Spore print taken (card 2). Identified as card 2 rather than card 8 on the size and the gills — the two prints are similar in colour and the fruitbodies are not.

Found at Coldbrook Rd area, Hubbardston, MA on Friday, 14 August 2026 at 10:21. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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