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Mycena overholtzii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Mycena overholtzii Mushroom
Ref No: 8416
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Blue, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Mycena overholtzii Smith & Sol. Cap 2.5-5cm across, convex to nearly flat with an umbo; pale, dark or bluish gray; smooth, greasy, and striate. Gills adnate, subdistant, broad; whitish, staining gray when bruised. Stem 40-100 x 1. 5-5 mm; pale gray and smooth, becoming reddish brown toward the thicker base, which is covered in dense white hairs. Flesh pale grayish. Odor fungusy. Taste distinct, strange. Spores ellipsoid, amyloid, 7-10 x 5-6ì. Deposit white. Habitat clustered on conifer logs, sometimes under snow, and in deciduous woods. Fairly common. Found in mountainous areas of western North America. Season April-July. Edibility not known -avoid.

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