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White capped agarics
Unidentified agaric Uncertain
Angles captured. 3 frames of one subject.
Morphology
Caps 4–6 cm, white to cream with a faint buff centre, plane with a wavy uplifted margin, one with a dark radial streak. Stipes white, slender.
Habitat & substrate
Pine needle litter and moss over rock.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
White-capped agarics with no underside shown.
To confirm this identification
Underside and stipe base. Standing caution: all-white gilled mushrooms include the destroying angels.
Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 09:57. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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