The scales on the cap of shaggy cap separate as the mushroom grows giving the fungus a shaggy look. The pink stalk makes it easy to recognize and helps shaggy cap stand out against the damp soil or decaying eucalypt wood that it is often found growing on.
Cap Diameter:
4.5 - 9 cm
Odor:
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
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Attributes
Similar Species
Tips for Finding
Clean and Preserve
Common Questions
General Info About Shaggy cap
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Attributes of Shaggy cap
Cap Diameter
4.5 - 9 cm
Cap
4.5 - 9 cm in diameter; convex to applanate; purple; dry; appendiculate with false veil remnants
Stem
6–8 × 0.8–1 cm; central, cylindric; concolorous with the pileus, but apex yellowish; dry, fibrous
Flesh
8 - 11 mm thick in the center of pileus; yellowish, cyanescent strongly; rapidly when injured
