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

synonyms: Collybia lancipes, Gymnopus fusipes, Souchette, Spindelrübling, Spindle Toughshank
Collybia fusipes Mushroom
Ref No: 7523
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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
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Collybia fusipes (Bull. ex Fr.) Quél. syn. Collybia lancipes (Fr.) syn Gymnopus fusipes (Bull.:Fr.) S.F.Gray Gillet Spindelrübling Collybie à pied en fuseau, Souchette, Spindle Toughshank. Cap 3–7cm across, convex with broad umbo dark red-brown and slightly viscid when moist, drying smooth and pale tan. Stem 40–90 x 7–15mm, pale tan at apex, darker towards the swollen middle which tapers towards a thin stalk-like rooting base, the whole stem grooved and twisted along its length and often fused at the base to several others. Flesh whitish, tinged pale reddish-brown. Taste mild, smell slight. Gills free or attached to the stem by a small decurrent tooth, whitish then tinged with reddish-brown. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid or pip-shaped, 4–6 x 2–3m. Habitat in dense tufts at the base of deciduous trees or stumps, especially beech and oak. Season spring to early winter. Occasional. Not edible due to its toughness. Found In Europe.

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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 12 December 2010

Rezerwat Zajecze wzgorze Sopot.Poland
Collybia fusipes
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 10 December 2009

Collybia fusipes
Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 10 December 2009

Hungarian name, Árvégü fülöke
Collybia fusipes
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