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

Collybia lentinoides Mushroom
Ref No: 7524
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
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 lentinoides (Pk.) Sacc. Cap 2-5cm across, convex with an incurved margin; hygrophanous, dull buff clay to pinkish buff when dry, deeper brown when wet; dry. Gills adnexed, crowded, minutely serrated even when young; pale buff. Stem 20-60 X 3-6mm, equal to slightly swollen at base; whitish. Flesh white. Odor mild. Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, dextrinoid, 5.4-7.5 x 3.2-4.4µ. Deposit cream to pinkish cream. Habitat under eastern white pine. Found in New Jersey. Season August-September. Not edible.

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