Gymnopus semihirtipes
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Ecology: Saprobic; growing alone, scattered, gregariously, or in clusters on leaf litter and woody debris under hardwoods; spring and early summer; widely distributed east of the Great Plains.
Cap: 0.5-2 cm; convex, becoming broadly convex or nearly flat; dry; bald; sometimes becoming wrinkled over the center; orangish brown to reddish brown when young and fresh, but quickly fading to pinkish tan or buff, with a darker center.
Gills: Attached to the stem or nearly free from it; nearly distant; whitish.
Stem: 2-5 cm long; up to about 3 mm thick at the apex; more or less equal; dry; densely hairy over roughly the lower 1/3 with reddish brown to purplish brown hairs, but bald above; reddish brown.
Flesh: Whitish; thin; tough.
Odor and Taste: Not distinctive.
Chemical Reactions: Ammonia or KOH promptly olive, green, or black on cap and stem surfaces.
Spore Print: White.
Microscopic Features: Spores: 7.5-9 x 3-4.5 ; smooth; lacrymoid to elliptical; inamyloid. Pleurocystidia absent. Cheilocystidia rare or absent. Pileipellis a tangled cutis of cylindric elements 4-11 wide. Hyphae of the stem encrusted with dark brown material in a water mount.
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