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LOCATION:
Basecamp Loop
DATE FOUND:
Day 3 – 01 October 2022
Found on a rotting log on moss, this Tricholomopsis rutilans was a distinctive purple colour with a furry texture on both the stem and cap.
The stem’s scales were orangy brown coloured, but the stem itself appeared purple.
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Day 4 – 08 October 2022 :
On the side of a mossy log, as before.
Yellow, shaggy flesh.
The caps and stems were whitish with purple fur.
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