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Second yellow-capped mushroom

Unidentified agaric Uncertain

Low–moderate confidence TM0097 8 August 2026 · 10:31 4 frames
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Angles captured. 4 frames of one subject.

Morphology

A second fruitbody on the same log. Cap 5–6 cm, golden ochre, plane and slightly depressed. Stipe pale yellow, slender, leaning out over the log's edge.

Habitat & substrate

The same heavily decayed mossy log as TM0096.

Lookalikes & what rules them out

Almost certainly the same species as TM0096.

Notes

Split from TM0096 — a separate fruitbody.

Found at Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton, MA on Saturday, 8 August 2026 at 10:31. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.

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