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| location: North America |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Orange |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Bulbous base of stem |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: Rusty brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Cortinarius elegantoides Kauffman subgenus Phlegmacium Cap 4-7cm across, convex then plane; deep yellowish orange; glutinous. Gills adnate; pallid yellow at first, then rusty. Spores 40-80 x 10-25mm, with a large marginate bulb; yellowish except the bulb, which is clothed in an orange veil. Flesh yellow. Odor slight. Taste bitter. Spores lemon- to almond-shaped, very rough, 15-18 x 7.5-9µ, quotient 2.0. Deposit rusty brown. Habitat in deciduous or mixed woods. Uncommon. Found in eastern North America to Michigan. Season September-October. Not edible. Comment Note the very large spores. Photographed by Geoffrey Kibbey. |
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