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Cystoderma fallax.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Cystoderma fallax Mushroom
Ref No: 7645
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Cystoderma fallax Smith & Singer Cap 3-5cm across, convex-umbonate; dull rusty brown to tawny ochre; covered with granulose scales or finely powdery. Gills crowded, adnate; white. Stem 30-60 x 3-10mm; dark red-brown and granular below the ring, pallid above; ring large, flaring. Flesh white. Odor pleasant. Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, amyloid, 3.5 - 5.5 x 2.8-3.6µ. Deposit white. Habitat on moss or humus in conifer woods. Found in the Pacific Northwest across to the Great Lakes. Season August-October. Not edible. Comment Cap surface turns black with KOH.

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