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| synonyms: Bricks Caps, Hypholome presque brique, Ziegelroter Schwefelkopf |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| spore colour: Purplish to black |
| habitat: Grows on wood |
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Hypholoma sublateritium (Fr.) Quél. Syn. Naemateloma sublateritium (Fr.) Kar. Ziegelroter Schwefelkopf Hypholome presque brique Bricks Caps. Cap 3–10cm across, convex, brick red to reddish-brown at centre on ochraceous ground often with fibrillose remnants of veil towards margin. Stem 50–180 x 5–12mm, pale yellow near the apex becoming ochre brown towards the base, and with a cortinal zone near the apex. Flesh pale yellowish, reddish-brown towards stem base. Taste bitter, smell mushroomy. Gills pale yellowish becoming olive-brown. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, hair-like. Pleurocystidia clavate with beak-like apex. Spore print purplish-brown. Spores elliptic with an indistinct pore, 6–7 x 3–4.5um. Habitat stumps of deciduous trees. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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