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White and pale caps at the trail edge
Unidentified agaric Uncertain
Angles captured. Four frames across a short stretch of trail edge.
Morphology
Several pale fruitbodies of similar size, caps 3–6 cm, white to pale buff, one with a faint pink flush. Surfaces smooth to slightly scurfy.
Habitat & substrate
Grass and leaf litter along the trail edge.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
White-capped agarics include both harmless species and the destroying angels. Nothing in these frames separates them, and the group should be treated as unresolved rather than benign.
To confirm this identification
Stipe base — the presence or absence of a volva is the single most important character here — plus a ring, gill attachment and a spore print.
Notes
Grouped together as one population by the compiler and confirmed as correct on review.
Found at Massasoit Rd area, Worcester, MA on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 18:12. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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