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

synonyms: Dung-Samthaubchen, Trágya haranggomba
Conocybe rickenii Mushroom
Ref No: 7555
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows on the ground

Conocybe rickenii (Schaeff.) Kuhn. syn. Galera rickenii Schaeff. Dung-Samthaubchen Trágya haranggomba. Cap 1–2.5cm across, conical to bell-shaped, cream tinged ochre-brown or more grey-brown at the centre, almost never striate. Stem 40–70 x 1–2mm, whitish cream darkening to dirty brown with age. Flesh thin, grey-brown in cap, cream to ochre-brown in the stem, darkening towards the base. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills ochraceous-cream at first darkening to rusty-ochre. Spore print brown. Spores elliptic to oval, 10–20 x 6–12um. Basidia two-spored. Cap cuticle cellular. Habitat on rich soil, compost heaps or dung. Season autumn. In Europe. Inedible. Occasional

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