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Nolanea hirtipes.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Brüchiger Glöckling
Nolanea hirtipes Mushroom
Ref No: 9326
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Nolanea hirtipes (Schum. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Rhodophyllus hirtipes (Schum. ex Fr.) Quél. syn. R. mammosus var. typicus Kühn. & Romagn. Brüchiger Glöckling. Cap 2–5cm across, bell-shaped, dark sepia to dirty grey-brown drying pale ochre-tan, the prominent umbo darker brown. Stem 70–150 x 2–5mm, concolorous with cap or paler, covered in fine white down at the slightly thickened base. Flesh thin, greyish-brown. Smell distinctly of cucumber. Gills whitish at first becoming pale pinkish-brown. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, hair-like with obtuse apices. Spore print pink. Spores angular, 11–14 x 7–8um. Habitat amongst grass or in mixed woodland. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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