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Ecoregion: Southern Outer Piedmont
Habitat: Growing in soil among hardwood trees
Substrate: Soil
Nearest Tree: Hardwood, Quercus sp
Habit: Many
Fruitbody: Emerging from whitish ‘eggs,’ ca. 3-4 cm diameter. Mature fruitbody has a stem up to 7-8 cm tall, ca. 2-3 cm diameter; radially wrinkled; volva present; light pink. Cap flat with 7 arms ca 5 cm long; each forking into two tips; center covered with brown slime; deep pink, color deepening with age.
Odor: Not particularly malodorous despite growing in sunlight.
Spores: Brown
Collection #: BCC-2020106-01

Rescued this Redhead today. It had a fishhook in its bill / face, and the fishing line it was attached to was frozen into the ice and the bird was trapped. Captured the bird, broke the fishing line, and then, with a friend, cut the fishhook in half and removed it from the duck's bill / face. It seemed vigorous and healthy. When we released it, it flew away strong and fast. Good deed done.