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Pale scaly cap on the bank

Unidentified agaric Uncertain

Low confidence TM0145 14 August 2026 · 10:18 2 frames
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Angles captured. One from above, one from below showing gills and a long stipe.

Morphology

Cap 8–10 cm, pale cream with fine darker scales, broad and flat. Gills pale and crowded, stipe long and slender relative to the cap.

Habitat & substrate

Sandy bank under pine.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

A large flat scaly cap on a slender stipe with crowded pale gills. Not resolvable further from these frames.

Found at Coldbrook Rd area, Hubbardston, MA on Friday, 14 August 2026 at 10:18. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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