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Conocybe pseudopilosella.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Ockergelbes Samthaubchen
Conocybe pseudopilosella Mushroom
Ref No: 7554
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow, Red or redish or pink
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter, Simple stem
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Conocybe pseudopilosella (Kuhn.) Kuhn. & Romagn. syn. C. pubescens var. pseudopilosella Kuhn. Ockergelbes Samthaubchen. Cap 0.5–1.2cm across, remaining conical to bell-shaped and not expanding, ochraceous drying paler almost cream. Stem 40–80 x 1–2mm, fragile, pale at apex, concolorous with cap below, darkening towards the base. Flesh very thin, ochraceous, soon hollow in the stem. Gills adnate, ochraceous cinnamon. Spore print ochraceous-brown. Spores 13–14.5 x 7–8.5ì. Cheilocystidia skittle-shaped, head 2.5–4.5ì in diameter. Habitat amongst grass in woods and in lawns. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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