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Troop of small pale agarics on a log
Unidentified agaric Uncertain
Angles captured. Wide frames placing the troop along the log, close views of the cluster, and one frame holding the smallest fruitbody of the group between finger and thumb for scale.
Morphology
A dozen or more fruitbodies of very mixed size, from 3–4 mm buttons to caps of 2–3 cm. Cap pale cream to greyish-buff, convex becoming plane, smooth and dry. Stipe cream, slender, distinctly curved, arising directly from wood. Gills pale, not clearly resolved.
Habitat & substrate
A well-rotted mossy log on the forest floor, with fruitbodies emerging along its length and from the litter immediately beside it. Saprotrophic on wood.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
A troop of small pale agarics on rotten wood covers Mycena, Marasmius, Gymnopus, Pluteus and others.
To confirm this identification
An underside, and a spore print. The wide size range here means the same colony offers both buttons and mature caps — ideal for a print.
Notes
The in-hand frame (#4114) is a good habit: it gives the whole troop a reliable scale.
Found at Elm St area, Leominster, MA on Thursday, 6 August 2026 at 10:24. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
Others in this group
Small white agaric on a rotting logUnidentified small white agaric · Jul 31Low
Striate-capped agaric on woodUnidentified agaric · Aug 6Low
Orange-gilled bracket on a logTapinella or Phyllotopsis · Aug 6Moderate
Small orange mushrooms on a rotting logUnidentified small orange agaric · Aug 6Low
Small orange mushroom on a log — upperUnidentified small orange agaric · Aug 6Low
Small orange mushroom on a log — lowerUnidentified small orange agaric · Aug 6Low
White cap on a mossy logUnidentified agaric · Aug 6Low
Tall grey-brown agaric by a boulderPluteus sp. · Aug 6Moderate