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

synonyms: Moos-Haubling
Galerina mniophila Mushroom
Ref No: 7745
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Rusty brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Galerina mniophila (Lasch) Kuhn. syn. Galera mniophila (Lasch) Gillet Moos-Haubling. Cap 1–1.5cm across, bell-shaped, dirty yellowish-brown and distinctly striate when moist, drying pallid clay. Stem 40–80 x 2mm, whitish at apex in young specimens, pale yellowish-brown below. Flesh concolorous. Smell mealy. Gills pale ochraceous then dingy yellowish-brown. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, hyaline, with swollen base and long obtuse neck. Spore print ochre. Spores almond-shaped, faintly ornamented, 9.5–13 x 5.5–7um. Habitat amongst moss in damp woods. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible -suspect. Found In Europe.

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