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

synonyms: Hébélome radicant, Marzipanfälbling, Rooting Poisonpie
Hebeloma radicosum Mushroom
Ref No: 7880
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Hebeloma radicosum (Bull. ex Fr.) Ricken syn. Pholiota radicosa (Bull. ex Fr.) Kummer Marzipanfälbling Hébélome radicant Rooting Poisonpie. Cap 6–9cm across, convex, cream to pale yellowish-brown, glutinous in wet weather. Stem 50–80 x 10–15mm, tapering into a long ‘tap-root’, white and mealy above the ring, covered in brownish fibrous scales below. Flesh white. Taste sweet, smell of almonds. Gills pallid at first darkening slightly with age. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, hyaline, subcylindric to slightly clavate. Spore print dull brown. Spores almond-shaped, minutely warted, 9–10 x 5–6um. Habitat deciduous woods, usually with oak or beech. Season autumn. Rare. Not Edible -suspect. Found In Europe.

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