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Clavicorona pyxidata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Clavicorona pyxidata Mushroom
Ref No: 7441
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish

Clavicorona pyxidata (Pers.: Fr.) Doty Fruit body 5-12 cm high, 2-8cm wide overall; numerously branched with cup-shaped, crown-like tips; pallid to pale yellow when young, becoming dull ochre, tan, or pinkish. Stem 1-3mm, very short; whitish or brownish pink; smooth, densely felty. Flesh pliable, tough; whitish. Odor faintly of newly dug potatoes. Taste slowly rather peppery. Spores ellipsoid, nearly smooth, amyloid, 4-5 x 2-3µ. Deposit white. Habitat scattered, in groups, or in dense clusters on rotting logs, particularly of aspen, willow, or poplar. Common. Found widely distributed east of the Rocky Mountains. Season June-September. Said to be edible.

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