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

synonyms: Dunkler R¡§©öbling
Collybia obscura Mushroom
Ref No: 7530
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown, Black or blackish
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter, Simple stem
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground

Collybia obscura Favre syn. Marasmius obscurus Favre Dunkler R¡§©öbling. Cap 2-4cm across, convex then flattened or depressed, dark purple-brownish. Stem 30-70 x 2-4mm, concolorous with cap, sometimes blackish toward the base. Flesh thin, pinkish brown; microscopic examination of the flesh shows the presence of interhyphal dark brown pigment granules. Gills grey-brown to chocolate-brown. Cheilocystidia poorly differentiated, thin-walled, hyaline, worm-like, sometimes lobed at the blunt tips. Spore print white. Spores thin walled, elliptic tear-drop shaped, 6.5-7.5 x 3-4¥ì. Surface of cap formed of interwoven coralloid thin-walled brown hyphae encrusted with dark-brown granular pigment. Habitat in small tufts amongst grass. Season late autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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