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Leccinum rugosiceps Mushroom
Ref No: 9336
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Leccinum rugosiceps2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9337
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location: North America
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Leccinum rugosiceps (Pk.) Singer Cap 5-15cm across, convex; yellow-ochre to orange-yellow or yellow-brown when old; dry or moist, not viscid, surface pitted, rugulose-wrinkled, often becoming cracked-areolate with maturity. Tubes depressed or free around stem; yellow. Pores small; bright yellow. Stem 80-100 x 20-30mm, equal to clavate, fleshy, firm; pale yellow to pallid overall; surface floccose, punctate with a resinous feel, floccules darkening to blackish with age. Flesh thick, firm; pale yellow, turning reddish when cut. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant. Spores fusiform, (14)16-21 x 5-5.5µ. Deposit olive-brown. Habitat often gregarious in grassy oak woods. Found throughout northeastern North America. Season July-September. Edible – good.

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