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Macrolepiota konradii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Feinschuppiger Schirmpilz, Lépiote grêle
Macrolepiota konradii Mushroom
Ref No: 7827
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Distinctly scaly
stem type: Ring on stem, Bulbous base of stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Macrolepiota konradii (Huijsman ex. Orton) Moser syn. Lepiota konradii Huijsman ex. Orton syn. L. gracilenta (Krombh.) Quél. s. Rea syn. L. excoriata var. konradii Huijsman Lépiote grêle Feinschuppiger Schirmpilz. Cap 7–12cm across, ovate then slightly umbonate becoming expanded and even depressed, the brownish cuticle breaking up into large adnate scales exposing the white flesh beneath. Stem 100–150 x 8–12mm, bulbous, tapering upwards, whitish covered in small brownish scales. Smell pleasant. Gills white. Spore print white. Spores ovoid with an apical germ-pore, 13–17 x 8–10um. Habitat pasture, heaths and open woodland. Season late summer to late autumn. Rare. Edible with caution as there are poisonous white mushrooms. Distribution, America and Europe.

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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 13 November 2010

Ocypel-Poland
Macrolepiota konradii
joseph huggins (United Kingdom) - 26 March 2010

Macrolepiota konradii
joseph huggins (United Kingdom) - 26 March 2010

Suffolk, England
Macrolepiota konradii
joseph huggins (United Kingdom) - 08 November 2009

found in a small cops of trees in suffolk, england
Macrolepiota konradii
joseph huggins (United Kingdom) - 08 November 2009

suffolk england
Macrolepiota konradii
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