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Pluteus luteovirens.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Gelbgrüner Dachpilz
Pluteus luteo virens Mushroom
Ref No: 8767
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Green
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Grows on wood

Pluteus luteovirens Rea Gelbgrüner Dachpilz. Cap 2–4cm across, bell-shaped then flattened or umbonate, mustard yellow to olivaceous-ochre. Stem 20–60 x 2–5mm, white then cream. Flesh thin, yellowish in cap and stem base, elsewhere white. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills white then pink, without yellow tints. Pleurocystidia thin-walled, hyaline, bottle-shaped. Spore print pink. Spores subglobose, 5–6´5m. Cap cuticle of sphaeropedunculate cells with yellowish contents. Habitat on elm. Season autumn. Uncommon. Edibility unknown –avoid. Found In Europe.

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