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Omphalina pyxidata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Omphalina pyxidata Mushroom
Ref No: 9276
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Omphalina pyxidata (Bull. ex Fr.) Qu¨¦l. Cap 0.5-2cm across, convex, deeply umbilicate; reddish brown, pinkish brown to yellowish; smooth and deeply radially fluted. Gills decurrent, widely spaced; brownish. Stem 10-30 x 1-2mm, paler than cap; smooth. Spores almond-shaped, 7-10 x 4.5-6¦Ì. Deposit white. Habitat in grass in sandy soils, subalpine to alpine. Found in Europe and western North America. Season July-September. Edibility not known -avoid.
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