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Tan cap with brown gills

Unidentified agaric Uncertain

Low–moderate confidence TM0148 14 August 2026 · 10:37 9 frames
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Angles captured. Six field frames including two held up to show the gills, plus three of the spore print.

Morphology

Cap 2–3 cm, tan to orange-brown, smooth, convex. Gills distinctly brown and moderately spaced, clearly shown against the hand. Stipe slender. Spore print rust-brown, small.

Habitat & substrate

Sandy trail edge under pine.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

Brown gills with a rust-brown print excludes the white-spored genera entirely, which is the useful part. A small tan cap with rusty spores points to the brown-spored litter agarics.

Notes

Spore print taken (card 5). #4873, the frame of the pine, is kept separately as substrate reference.

Found at Coldbrook Rd area, Hubbardston, MA on Friday, 14 August 2026 at 10:37. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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