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

synonyms: Gedrechter Rübling
Collybia distorta Mushroom
Ref No: 7514
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Collybia distorta (Fr.) Quél. Gedrechter Rübling Cap 3–7cm across, convex becoming flattened with a low broad umbo, reddish brown. Stem 40–60 x 4–8mm, whitish flushed with cap colour, often grooved and twisted. Flesh pale tan. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills crowded, adnate with a slightly uneven edge, whitish becoming stained reddish brown. Spore print white. Spores globose, 3–4.5m diameter. Habitat in small tufts in coniferous woods. Season autumn. Occasional. Said to be edible – not recommended. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe.

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