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White cap on moss
Unidentified agaric Uncertain
Angles captured. 2 frames of one subject.
Morphology
Cap 5–6 cm, white to cream, plane with a shallowly depressed centre and a wavy margin. Stipe white, short. Sitting in a thick moss cushion.
Habitat & substrate
Deep moss over rock in shade.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Not resolvable from the angles shown.
To confirm this identification
Underside and stipe base. Standing caution on all-white gilled mushrooms.
Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 11:01. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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