Fried chicken mushrooms, Lyophyllum decastes, growing alongside small orange bonnet mushrooms, Mycena acicula, on the forest floor under mixed conifer

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Fried chicken mushrooms, Lyophyllum decastes, growing alongside small orange bonnet mushrooms, Mycena acicula, on the forest floor under mixed conifers, along Brush Creek, northwest of Troy, Montana. Common names for this mushroom include fried chicken mushroom, and chicken of the gravel. A past Latin synonym is Agaricus decastes. Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Lyophyllaceae Genus: Lyophyllum Species: L. decastes

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Location: Montana, USA
Photo credit: © Martin Battilana Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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