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Clitocybe asterospora.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Sternsporiger Trichterling
Clitocybe asterospora Mushroom
Ref No: 7461
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Clitocybe asterospora (Lange) Moser apud Gams syn. Omphalia asterospora Lange Sternsporiger Trichterling. Cap 1-2cm across, flattened convex or slightly depressed, brown to grey-brown and distinctly striate when moist, drying whitish. Stem 20-30 x 2-3mm, concolorous with cap. Flesh thin, pallid. Smell mealy. Gills slightly decurrent, lighter than cap. Spore print white. Spores subglobose with sparse blunt spines, 4-8ì in diameter. Habitat amongst moss near pines. Season winter to spring. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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