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Psathyrella candolleana.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Behangener Faserling, Fehér porhanyósgomba, Hypholome de De Candolle, Pale Brittlestem
Psathyrella candolleana 6 Mushroom
Ref No: 8808
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Psathyrella candolleana 7 Mushroom
Ref No: 8809
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Psathyrella candolleana Mushroom
Ref No: 8810
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Psathyrella candolleana4 Mushroom
Ref No: 8813
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Psathyrella candolleana5 Mushroom
Ref No: 8814
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows on wood

Psathyrella candolleana (Fr.) Maire. Pale Brittlestem, Behangener Faserling Hypholome de De Candolle, Fehér porhanyósgomba. Cap 2–6cm across, bell-shaped becoming flattened, pale ochraceous-brown when moist drying almost white or flushed with brown, margin often appearing toothed with remnants of veil. Stem 40–80 x 4–8mm, white, hollow, fragile. Flesh thin, white. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills greyish lilac darkening to chocolate brown. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, hyaline, finger-shaped or cylindric. Spore print dark brown. Spores elliptical or ovate, 6–8 x 3.5–4.5um. Habitat on or near deciduous trees, stumps or cut timbers. Season spring to late autumn. Frequent. Edibility unknown -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.

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Slobodan Nikolic (Yugoslavia) - 21 July 2011

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Ricky Rasquedo (United Kingdom) - 24 July 2010

Expanded caps drying out. Found at garden lawn edge next to cut stumps.
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Ricky Rasquedo (United Kingdom) - 24 July 2010

Early stages of growth, conditions are damp. Growing at garden lawn edge next to cut stumps.
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Slobodan Nikolic (Yugoslavia) - 10 April 2010

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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 18 November 2008

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