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Limacella illinita.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Nyálkástönkű őzlábgomba
Limacella illinata Mushroom
Ref No: 9447
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Ring on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Limacella illinita (Fr. ex Fr.) Maire Nyálkástönkű őzlábgomba. Cap 2-7cm, round or ovoid becoming convex then flatter or with a broad umbo, the margin hanging with slimy veil remnants; white or creamy white; smooth, very sticky or slimy. Gills notched or free, close, broad; white. Stem 50-90 x 5-10mm tapering slightly toward the top; white; sticky or slimy. Flesh thin, soft; white. Spores globose to broadly ellipsoid, smooth, nonamyloid, 4.5-6.5 x 4-6um. Deposit white. Habitat singly, scattered, or in groups in woods, swamps, fields, and sand dunes. Quite common. Found widely distributed in North America. Season August-October. Edibility not known.

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