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Agrocybe acericola.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Agrocybe acericola Mushroom
Ref No: 6882
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Agrocybe acericola2 Mushroom
Ref No: 6883
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location: North America
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Rusty brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Agrocybe acericola (Pk.) Singer Cap 3-10m across, convex then flattened; dark yellow-brown then pale buff when dry; smooth, dry, hygrophanous. Gills adnate or with decurrent tooth, crowded; pale gray-brown. Stem 50-100 x 5-l0mm; pallid buff or whitish, with white threads at base; ring large, flaring, white. Flesh thin; white. Odor farinaceous. Taste farinaceous. Spores truncate, smooth, 8-10.5 x 5-6.5µ. Deposit dull rust-brown. Habitat on decaying logs and woody debris in hardwoods. Common. Found throughout North America. Season July-September. Not edible.

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