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Oudemansiella mucida.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Buchen-Schleimrühling, Collybie mucide, Porcelain fungus
Oudemansiella mucida Mushroom
Ref No: 9297
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Oudemansiella mucida2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9298
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Oudemansiella mucida3 Mushroom
Ref No: 9299
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Oudmansiella mucida5 Mushroom
Ref No: 20654
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Oudmansiella mucida4 Mushroom
Ref No: 20655
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location: Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent, Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kühn. syn. Armillaria mucida (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kummer Buchen-Schleimrühling, Collybie mucide Porcelain fungus. Cap 2–8cm across, convex then flattening, pale greyish when young becoming more white often with an ochraceous flush at the centre, semi-translucent, slimy. Stem 30–100×3–10mm, white striate above the membranous ring, slightly scaly below. Flesh thin, white. Cystidia thin-walled cylindric or utriform. Spore print white. Spores subglobose 13–18×12–15m. Cap cuticle hymeniform, of erect club-shaped cells. Habitat on the trunks of beech, often high up and in large clusters. Season late summer to late autumn. Common. Edible after washing to remove gluten. Found In Europe.

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Alan Prowse (United Kingdom) - 12 December 2009

Polesden Lacey, Surrey, 23.10.2009.
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Jon Bemrose (United Kingdom) - 24 September 2009

Porcelain Fungus, Girvan Valley, Scotland
Oudmansiella mucida4
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