Deceiver
Laccaria laccata (Scop.) Cooke
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Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
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Edibility
Caution Source: Wikipedia: Laccaria laccata
Classification from Wikipedia: Laccaria laccata. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Photos
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Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 75 |
| February | 40 |
| March | 53 |
| April | 34 |
| May | 91 |
| June | 250 |
| July | 550 |
| August | 731 |
| September | 704 |
| October | 523 |
| November | 249 |
| December | 124 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Pennsylvania 250 records · Foraging rules
- New York 242 records · Foraging rules
- California 221 records · Foraging rules
- North Carolina 207 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 190 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 154 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 145 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 127 records · Foraging rules
- Illinois 106 records · Foraging rules
- Alaska 103 records · Foraging rules
- Minnesota 92 records · Foraging rules
- Tennessee 88 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 79 records · Foraging rules
- Colorado 78 records · Foraging rules
- Ohio 72 records · Foraging rules
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- Virginia71 records
- Florida70 records
- Massachusetts64 records
- West Virginia61 records
- Oregon60 records
- Indiana52 records
- Maryland48 records
- New Jersey42 records
- Wisconsin37 records
- South Carolina36 records
- Maine31 records
- Georgia29 records
- Texas29 records
- Oklahoma24 records
- Vermont23 records
- Alabama22 records
- Connecticut21 records
- Louisiana20 records
- Utah20 records
- Missouri18 records
- Nova Scotia18 records
- Idaho17 records
- New Hampshire17 records
- Alberta15 records
- Montana15 records
- Wyoming13 records
- Manitoba11 records
- New Brunswick11 records
- New Mexico10 records
- Kentucky10 records
- District of Columbia9 records
- Saskatchewan8 records
- Mississippi7 records
- Hawaii7 records
- Arizona7 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador7 records
- Kansas6 records
- Delaware4 records
- Iowa4 records
- Rhode Island3 records
- Arkansas2 records
- Yukon2 records
- Nevada1 records
- Prince Edward Island1 records
Identification traits
| Cap shape | convex |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | gills |
| Ecology | mycorrhizal |
| Stem features | bare |
| Spore print color | white |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver, lackluster laccaria, or waxy laccaria, is a species of fungus. It is a small but highly variable mushroom (hence 'deceiver'), and can look quite washed out, colorless and drab, but when younger it often assumes red, pinkish brown, and orange tones. It has white spores. Found throughout North America and Europe, the species is often considered by mushroom collectors to be a 'mushroom weed' because of its abundance and plain stature. The cap is edible.
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