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

synonyms: Aniseed Funnel, Blue-green Clitocybe, Clitocybe odorant anise, Grščner Anistrichterling
Clitocybe odora 4 Mushroom
Ref No: 7483
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Clitocybe odora Mushroom
Ref No: 7484
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Clitocybe odora2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7485
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Blue, Green
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Clitocybe odora (Fr.) Kummer Grščner Anistrichterling, Clitocybe odorant anise or Blue-green Clitocybe. Cap 3-9cm across, convex at first with a low, broad umbo, later expanding and becoming irregular and wavy at the margin; dingy green to bluish green; grayish, bluish, or nearly white; finely matted with silky hairs or sometimes with a hoary bloom. Gills slightly decurrent, close or crowded, broad; whitish tinged with cap color. Stem 30-70 x 5-15mm, solid becoming hollow, sometimes curved and enlarged toward base; whitish tinged with cap color; base spongy and covered in fine whitish down. Flesh thin, firm; whitish to pale tan. Odor strongly of aniseed. Taste strongly aniseed. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, nonamyloid, 6-7.5 x 3-4ŠÌ. Deposit whitish pink. Habitat singly, scattered, or in groups on leaf litter under hardwoods, especially oak. Found widely distributed in Europe and North America. Season July-September (November-February in California). Edible. Comment. Said to be edible but I would avoid eating it.

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