Boston Mycological Club

Xerula megalospora (Clements) Redhead, Ginns, Shoemaker

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Description:

This is very much like Xerula furfuracea in form and shape and texture. But it is all white (or pale colored) on cap and stem, and the gills are not marginate.

References:

Bessette - Mushrooms of Northeastern North America; page 270
Barron - Mushrooms of Northeast North America; page 303
Phillips - Mushrooms of North America; page 40

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Collected 2001-09-09; Wayland, MA