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Calocybe carnea.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Fleischfarbener Rasling, Pink Domecap
Calocybe carnea 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7363
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Calocybe carnea Mushroom
Ref No: 7364
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Violet or purple
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Calocybe carnea (Bull. ex Fr.) Kühn. syn. Tricholoma carneum (Bull. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Lyophyllum carneum (Bull. ex Fr.) Kühn. & Romagn. Fleischfarbener Rasling Pink Domecap. Cap 1.5–4cm across, flattened convex, distinctive flesh-pink colour flushed brown at the centre. Stem 20–40×3–7mm, concolorous with cap. Flesh whitish. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills white. Spore print white. Spores elliptical, 4.5–5.5 x 2.5–3µ. Habitat in grassland, often in small clumps. Season late summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.

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