Naucoria escharoides (Fr. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Alnicola escharoides (Fr. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Alnicola melinoides (Bull:Fr) Kuhner. Gemeiner Erlenschnitzling Ochre Aldercap. Cap 0.7–4cm across, pale yellowish buff when moist drying even paler, not striate. Stem 15–40 x 1–4mm, concolorous with cap, more yellowish towards the apex. Flesh thin, brown to buff. Taste radishy or sometimes bitter, smell sweet. Gills ochraceous to ochre-brown. Cheilocystidia densely crowded, thin-walled, with swollen base and long narrow neck with acute apex. Spore print brown. Spores brown, almond-shaped and rough, (9)10–13 x 5–6.5um. Habitat in damp ground under alders. Season autumn. Frequent. Not edible. Found In Europe. |