an edible agaric that is available in early spring or late fall when few other mushrooms are; has a viscid smooth orange to brown cap and a velvety stalk that turns black in maturity and pallid gills; often occur in clusters
a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
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