Leotia atrovirens

Photos By: Chris Matherly

Description:

Common Name:   Cap: Dark Green, Brainlike.  Flesh:   Pores:    Spore Print:   Stalk: Greenish, pale.  Fruiting:   Range:   Edibility:     Look-alikes: Note: All of the above mushrooms were found in February 2005 in Crawford County in Georgia.

Dr. Kuo writes:

Chris, I've changed my mind after studying the photo a little more closely. That stem is green, rather than yellow, which makes it Leotia atrovirens, not L. viscosa.
 
Best wishes,
 
Michael

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