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prolific late-summer mushrooms. it can reach astounding sizes, and often fruits in great numbers. initially white, it is soon off-white with light brownish discolorations, and distinctively roughened or even scaly. other distinguishing features include the gills, which are close or almost distant, but not
densely crowded like the gills in lactarius piperatus . the cap margin is inrolled at first, and is very softly leathery, like kid leather. in age the margin is typically still folded under just a little bit, and still soft. however, the cap and stem are not finely velvety overall, as they are in lactarius...
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synonyms. the name neofavolus alveolaris, which i am using here, may be officially invalid, following a very minor mistake made by sotome and collaborators, (they cited the wrong mycobank number for the species in their publication); whether this nomenclatural problem has been officially cleared up or not
centrally located and more substantial stem (in which case the cap is round, rather than kidney shaped); pore surface descending the stem, whitish to pale orangish; pores to mm wide and mm long, diamond-shaped or "honeycombed," usually radially arranged; flesh to mm thick, white, tough, unchanging when sliced...
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