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Weathered / grazed fruitbodies on an eroded bank
cf. Russula Uncertain
Angles captured. Four shots along a short section of bank — each a different fruitbody rather than different angles on one.
Morphology
A scatter of damaged fruitbodies: a white gilled fragment with the cap largely gone; a white-fleshed specimen with a red cap remnant still attached; a bright orange-yellow cap fragment lying loose; and a whitish specimen with splayed, torn gills. Flesh uniformly white and crumbly where broken — consistent with brittle-gilled fungi.
Habitat & substrate
Steep eroded soil bank above the trail, thin leaf cover, exposed roots. Heavily disturbed by slug and/or rodent grazing.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Too damaged for confident work. Logged for the record because grazing pressure and the red/yellow/white colour spread here are themselves useful data.
To confirm this identification
Nothing recoverable from these. Worth revisiting the bank for intact fruitbodies.
Found at Massasoit Rd area, Worcester, MA on Friday, 31 July 2026 at 17:59. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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