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Naucoria cerodes.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Gymnopilus fulgens, Moor-Tannling
Gymnopilus fulgens Mushroom
Ref No: 7850
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Rusty brown
habitat: Grows on the ground

Naucoria cerodes (Fr.) Kummer s. Lange. syn. Gymnopilus fulgens (Favre & Maire) Sing. Moor-Tannling. Cap 0.5–2cm across, convex then expanded, tan or cinnamom when moist drying more ochre. Stem 5–20 x 1–3mm, tan, becoming dark brown. Flesh thin, concolorous. Taste mild, smell strong. Gills ochre to cinnamon. Spore print rust-brown. Spores broadly elliptic, 8–11 x 5–7um. Habitat swampy heathland, often amongst sphagnum. Season autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown –avoid. Found In Europe.

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