Laccaria Mushrooms
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About
Laccaria is a species of fairly recognizable white-spored mushrooms. The cap colors range from white to, more commonly, orangish brown or reddish brown--while a few species are purple.
It is a genus that has about 75 species of fungus. They are mycorrhizal.
Laccarias aren't slimy, which helps in separating them from waxy caps.
A portion of fungus in this genus:
* Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
* Laccaria amethystina
* Laccaria alba
* Laccaria angustilamella
* Laccaria bicolor
* Laccaria fraterna
* Laccaria gomezii
* Laccaria laccata
* Laccaria longipes
* Laccaria maritima
* Laccaria montana
* Laccaria nobilis
* Laccaria proxima
* Laccaria pseudomontana
* Laccaria pumila
* Laccaria purpureobadia
* Laccaria tetraspora
* Laccaria tortilis