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Lyophyllum loricatum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Gesztenyebarna álpereszke, Porcos pereszke, Knorpeliger Büschelritterling
Lyophyllum loricatum Mushroom
Ref No: 9478
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Lyophyllum loricatum (Fr.) Kühn. syn. Tricholoma cartilagineum (Bull. ex Fr.) Gillet. Knorpeliger Büschelritterling Porcos pereszke. Cap 5–12cm across, convex, later expanded and slightly depressed or umbonate, sepia to pale chestnut, cuticle cartilaginous. Stem 50–100 x 10–15mm, white to greyish-buff, apex white and floury, base somewhat rooting. Flesh white, firm. Taste sweet with a bitter aftertaste, smell slight or nutty. Gills white later straw-coloured. Spore print white. Spores globose, 6–7um in diameter. Habitat deciduous and mixed woodland. Season summer to autumn. Rare. Edible with caution. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe. Note some mycologists synonomise Lyophyllum decastes and Lyophyllum loricatum.

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