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| location: North America |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: Purplish to black |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Chroogomphus vinicolor (Pk.) Miller Cap 2-8cm across, convex with a sharp to obtusely pointed umbo; pale orange-ochre to reddish brown or wine color; viscid when wet but soon dry, smooth. Gills decurrent, thick; pale ochre, then blackish when mature. Stem 50-100x5-15mm, tapered at base; pale ochre to vinaceous; with slight ring zone at apex. Flesh ochre-orange. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant. Spores subfusiform, 17-23 x 4.5-7.5µ. Deposit blackish. Habitat in groups under pine. Found in eastern North America. Season July-September. Said to be edible. |
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