Deer Shield

Pluteus cervinus

Family: Pluteaceae

Deer Shield (Pluteus cervinus)
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Overview

Brown-fibrous cap on dead hardwood across the Northern Hemisphere. Free pink gills, pink spore print. Edible but bland and watery; better-known for confusion with deadly toxic young Entoloma.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic

Host trees & substrate

  • Local forest substrate

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