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Cantharellula umbonata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Grayling
Cantharellula umbonata Mushroom
Ref No: 7379
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Cantharellula umbonata2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7380
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Cantharellula umbonata (Fr.) Singer Grayling. Cap 2-5cm across, convex becoming funnel-shaped with a small central umbo and sometimes a wavy margin; grayish brown to smoky or violaceous gray; dry and minutely hairy. Gills decurrent, crowded, narrow, thickish, regularly forked; whitish bruising red or yellow. Stem 25-80 x 3-7mm, tough, stuffed; whitish to graying; silky. Flesh white, bruising red where cut or handled. Odor scented. Taste mild. Spores subfusoid, smooth, amyloid, 8-11 x 3-4.5µ. Deposit white. Habitat scattered or in groups in hair-cap moss. Common. Found widely distributed in northeastern North America and Europe. Season August-November. Inedible.

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