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White scaly cap
Unidentified agaric Uncertain
Angles captured. One from above, one showing a scaly stipe.
Morphology
Cap 6–8 cm, white to pale cream, the surface breaking into small flat scales. Stipe pale and roughened.
Habitat & substrate
Leaf litter under hardwood.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
A scaly white cap on a roughened stipe covers several unrelated groups, some edible and some seriously toxic. Not separable here.
To confirm this identification
Ring, gill colour, stipe base, spore print.
Notes
One of three scaly, pale-capped mushrooms photographed within eight minutes of each other. Different mushrooms, one population, the same patch of ground.
Found at Massasoit Rd area, Worcester, MA on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 18:35. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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