Rogers Mushrooms - Clitopilus cretatus Mushroom


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Clitopilus cretatus. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

Ref No: 7501
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location: North America

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige

normal size: Less than 5cm

cap type: Funnel shaped

stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent

spore colour: Pink

habitat: Grows on wood

Clitopilus cretatus (Berk. & Br.) Sacc. Cap 0.5-3cm across, flat with a depression, becoming irregularly funnel-shaped with a frequently lobed margin; pale pink to cream or buff with pale cinnamon tinges; smooth, silky-floury. Gills adnexed with a decurrent tooth, not crowded; medium; whitish. Stem almost none to 2cm, lateral or eccentric; similar color to cap; smooth. Spores ellipsoid, spindle-shaped, with 6-8 longitudinal grooves, 6.5-8.5 x 3.5-5ľ.. Deposit pink. Habitat growing on rotten wood. Rare. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season September-October. Edibility not known

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