Baeospora myriadophylla
Revue Mycol., Paris 3: 191. 1938.
Common Name: none
Basionym: Agaricus myriadophyllus Peck
For descriptions see Castellano et al. & Siegel et al.
Scattered on rotting wood of conifers and hardwoods. Rare in California, known from only a few locations in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada mountains.
Unknown.
Baeospora myriadophylla is distinctive by its lilac grey to lavender cap when young, becoming more brownish in age, and its crowded purple gills.
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