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Marasmius oreades.
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| synonyms: Fairy Ring Champignon, Fairy Ring Mushrooms, Faux Mousseron, Marasme des Oréades, Nelkenschwindling, Nymphe des montagnes |
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| location: North America, Europe | | edibility: Choice | | fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige | | normal size: Less than 5cm | | cap type: Convex to shield shaped | | flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass) | | spore colour: White, cream or yellowish | | habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides
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Marasmius oreades (Blot. ex Fr.) Fr. Fairy Ring Mushrooms, Nelkenschwindling Nymphe des montagnes, Faux Mousseron, Marasme des Oréades Fairy Ring Champignon Fairy Ring Mushroom. Cap 2–5cm across, convex then flattened with a large broad umbo, tan when moist drying buff tinged with tan at the centre. Stem 20–100 x 3–5mm, whitish to pale buff, tough, rigid. Flesh thick at the centre of the cap, whitish. Smell of fresh sawdust. Gills white then ochre-cream, distant. Spore print white. Spores pip-shaped, 8–10 x 5–6um. Cuticular cells smooth, subglobose. Habitat often forming rings in the short grass of pasture or lawns. Season late spring to late autumn. Common. Edible and good. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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