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Tan cap in meadow grass

Unidentified agaric Uncertain

Low confidence TM0064 8 August 2026 · 09:16 5 frames
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Angles captured. One from above, four low obliques.

Morphology

Cap 8–10 cm, pinkish tan to salmon-buff, dry, margin torn and upturned. Underside pale cream and plated. Stipe short and stout. Lying part-collapsed.

Habitat & substrate

Tall meadow grass at the woodland edge — the only find outside forest.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

Not resolvable from the angles shown.

Notes

First find of the day.

Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 09:16. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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