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Galerina cinctula.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Gurtel-Haubling
Galerina cinctula Mushroom
Ref No: 7744
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
spore colour: Rusty brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Galerina cinctula Orton Gurtel-Haubling. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, conico-convex becoming expanded and often umbonate, ochraceous tan and striate when moist, drying yellow from centre. Stem 10–25 x 1–2mm, ochraceous, covered below in white silky fibrils. Flesh thin, concolorous. Taste and smell mealy. Gills pale yellow at first then rusty-ochre. Cheilocystidia skittle-shaped. Spore print rust. Spores almond-shaped, 10–13 x 5–6um. Basidia two-spored. Habitat pine woods, often amongst moss. Season summer to autumn. Rare. Not edible -suspect. Found In Europe.

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