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

synonyms: Braunstieliges Samthaubchen
Conocybe subovalis Mushroom
Ref No: 7557
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Red or redish or pink
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Bulbous base of stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Conocybe subovalis (Kuhn.) Kuhn. & Romagn. syn. Galera tenera (Schaeff. ex Fr.) Quel. s. Lange syn. G. tenera var. subovalis Kuhn. Braunstieliges Samthaubchen. Cap 1.5–3.5cm across, convex to bell-shaped, dull ochre, flushed with cinnamon, drying pale ochraceous cream, smooth. Stem 60–100 x 1–2mm, ochraceous cinnamon, minutely powdered whitish towards the base which ends in a small, distinct, more or less marginate bulb. Flesh very thin ochraceous cream in cap, cinnamon in stem. Gills free, rather crowded, ochraceous buff becoming more cinnamon. Spore print pale rust brown. Spores oval, 11–14 x 6–8um. Cheilocystidia skittle-shaped, head usually 5–6.5um in diameter. Habitat in pastures. Season autumn. Rare. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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