Boston Mycological Club

Xerula furfuracea Redhead

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Description:

The long slender rooting stem and the wrinkled watery-looking cap with white gills that are not edged (marginate). This is often called by its older name, Collybia radicata, or Oudemansiella radicata, but the 'radicata' species is European.

References:

Bessette - Mushrooms of Northeastern North America; page 270
Lincoff - Audubon Field Guide to North American Mushrooms; page 788 (as Oudemansiella radicata)
Barron - Mushrooms of Northeast North America; page 303
Kibby - Mushrooms and Other Fungi; page 74
Phillips - Mushrooms of North America; page 40
Arora - Mushrooms Demystified; page 219 (as Oudemansiella radicata)

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Collected 2001-07-22; Stow, MA; Woodhead Farm.