a fungus with a viscid wrinkled tawny cap; the stalk has a basal bulb that diminishes as the stalk elongates; the gills are dark violet at first but soon turn brown
a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
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