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woods--either terrestrially, or from deadwood. they are not subject to rapid decay (in contrast to the mushrooms in bolbitius), and the caps, with a few exceptions, are dry. unlike species of conocybe, agrocybe species have convex to flat caps. in my area (central illinois) may and june are the months for
most agrocybe species, and the little mushrooms proliferate in urban settings and along country roads in ditches and fields. there's no stopping them--but, after the first or second excited agrocybe stop of the year, there's no stopping for me, either. the truth is, they're boring, and if you want to...
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cinnabarinum , however, its spore case is not red and it is not initially covered with thick gelatinous goo. it is more similar to calostoma lutescens , which also features a yellowish spore case, but calostoma lutescens features a prominent "collar" under the spore case, and round, rather than ellipsoid, spores
. calostoma ravenelii is also very similar, and more commonly collected; it is a substantially smaller mushroom with a completely red "beak" at the top of the spore case (the beak of calostoma microsporum is red between yellowish ridges) and, under the microscope, much larger spores. castro-mendoza...
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