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Nidularia farcata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Erbsennestling
Nidularia farcata Mushroom
Ref No: 9322
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Cup shaped
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood, Grows on plant material/manure

Nidularia farcata (Roth. ex Pers.) Fr. syn. N. pisiformis Tul. Erbsennestling. Fruit body gregarious, subglobose, sessile, 2–10mm across, golden-brown or flesh-coloured to cinnamon, surface cottony or powdered at first becoming smooth with age and breaking open irregularly exposing numerous reddish-brown lens-shaped ‘eggs’ 0.5–1mm across. Spores broadly elliptic 6–10 x 4–7m. Habitat on partially rotted wood or sawdust. Season autumn. Rare. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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