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Albatrellus ellisii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Albatrellus ellisii Mushroom
Ref No: 6937
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Green, Brown
normal size: over 15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Pore material cannot be seperated from flesh of the cap
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Albatrellus ellisii (Berk.) Pouz. Cap 8-25cm across, convex becoming flatter, circular, lobed or depressed; margin often wavy and inrolled at first; yellowish green or yellow-brown, with darker stains in age; dry, hairy, velvety, then matted forming coarse scales. Tubes 2-6m deep, often decurrent; creamy to slightly greenish. Pores 1-2 per mm, circular to angular; white to cream, bruising greenish and becoming greenish or yellowish in age. Stem 30-120 x 20-60mm, off-center or lateral, solid, greenish yellow or similar to cap; tough, minutely hairy. Flesh thick, firm; white, sometimes bruising greenish slowly. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, 8-11 x 5-8µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly, scattered, or in groups or clusters in soil in coniferous woods. Not common but sometimes abundant. Found widely distributed in North America. Season August-October. Said to be edible when well cooked.

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