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Collybia confluens.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Clustered Toughshank, Rasiger Rübling
Collybia confluens 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7511
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Collybia confluens Mushroom
Ref No: 7512
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
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

Collybia confluens (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer Rasiger Rübling Clustered Toughshank Cap 2-6cm across, convex with incurved margin, then soon flattened, thin, often wavy margin; dull reddish brown fading to pale buff; glabrous. Gills almost free, very crowded, narrow; pallid. Stem 50-100 x 2-6mm, often flattened; reddish beneath a dense whitish pubescence; tough; base densely hairy. Odor odd, distinctive (buggy?). Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, 6-8 x 2-4µ. Deposit white. Habitat in dense clumps on fallen leaves or needles. Found widely in most of North America. Season July-November. Edible but worthless.

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