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Laccaria bicolor
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Laccaria bicolor

Laccaria bicolor is a small tan-colored mushroom with lilac gills. It is edible but not choice, and grows in mixed birch and pine woods. It is found in the temperate zones of the globe, in late summer and autumn. L. bicolor is an ectomycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture.

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6 branches of this group, most-observed first

Bicoloured Deceiver

speciesLaccaria bicolor

Laccaria trichodermophora

speciesLaccaria trichodermophora

Laccaria nobilis

speciesLaccaria nobilis

Laccaria sp. 'IN03'

speciesLaccaria sp. 'IN03'

Laccaria sp. 'PNW06'

speciesLaccaria sp. 'PNW06'

Laccaria sp. 'OR01'

speciesLaccaria sp. 'OR01'

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1599232.