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Rose cap in grass
Unidentified fungus Uncertain
Angles captured. Three frames in the grass, all from above or obliquely.
Morphology
Cap 6–8 cm, dusky rose-pink, dry, broadly convex. The underside is not clearly shown in any frame.
Habitat & substrate
Thin grass at the edge of the pine stand.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Superficially close to the abundant red-capped species on this walk but photographed separately and never confirmed as the same. No spore print was taken from it.
To confirm this identification
The pore surface, which none of the three frames shows.
Notes
Left as its own entry rather than folded into the abundant species. The resemblance is noted; the identity is not assumed. Corrected. Moved out of the boletes: no frame shows a hymenophore, and a dusky rose cap in grass near pine is equally a brittlegill. Grouping now claims only what was seen.
Found at Coldbrook Rd area, Hubbardston, MA on Friday, 14 August 2026 at 10:51. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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Pale clustered fruitbodies on the groundUnidentified fungus · Aug 12Low
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