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Hebeloma pusillum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Apró fakógomba, Zwergfälbling
Hebeloma pusillum Mushroom
Ref No: 7878
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Hebeloma pusillum2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7879
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows on the ground

Hebeloma pusillum Lange Zwergfälbling Apró fakógomba. Cap 1–2.5cm across, conico-convex then expanded, often with a small umbo, pallid tan darkening to rufuos or date brown at the centre, slightly viscid. Stem 20–40 x 2–3mm, mealy, white discolouring brownish towards the base. Flesh thin, pallid. Taste bitter, smell of radish. Gills pallid then clay-brown. Spore print clay-brown. Spores almond-shaped, finely warted, 10–14 x 5.5–7um. Habitat under willow. Season summer to autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid, as many Hebelomas contain toxins. Found In Europe.

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