Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Pluteaceae: Pluteus americanus (P.Banerjee & Sundb.) Justo, E.F.Malysheva & Minnis

Pluteus americanus – willow shield

Synonym: Pluteus salicinus.

Common name: willow shield.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Pluteus americanus is a North American and Russian psychedelic mushroom that grows on hardwoods.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Cap of Pluteus americanus(?) mushroom on a sandy path of Raccoon Run Trail in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2018
Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Underside of Pluteus americanus(?) mushroom on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2018
Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Dissected Pluteus americanus(?) mushroom on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 3, 2018
Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
• There is a Wikipedia article about this species.

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• List of mushrooms with photos.
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• Mushrooms from Texas, old version of web page.
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• Collection of mushrooms from Qatar.
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Acknowledgements

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