Rogers Mushrooms - Cordyceps ophioglossoides Mushroom


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Cordyceps ophioglossoides. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

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location: North America, Europe

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: Yellow, Black or blackish

normal size: Less than 5cm

flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)

spore colour: White, cream or yellowish

habitat: Grows underground, Grows on other fungi

Cordyceps ophioglossoides (Ehrh.) Link The club shaped upper part is dull reddish-brown darkening with age, developing from a yellow stem. The mycelium is yellowish wrapped around an Elaphomyces species normally about 5 cm underground. The spores are thread like and segmented 150-200 x 2 ľ. Fairly common but often missed. Found in both Europe and North America. Thanks to Miroslaw Wantoch-Rekowski who sent me these terrific pictures from Poland.

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