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Common Earth Fan
The common earthfan: a tough, brown, fan-shaped fungus that grows on sandy soil, roots and twigs. It is ectomycorrhizal, mainly with pines, and is common in pine forests and tree-nursery soils.
Inedible; too tough to be worth eating.
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