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

Psathyrella caputmedusae Mushroom
Ref No: 8815
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Distinctly scaly
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows on the ground, Grows on wood

Psathyrella caputmedusae (Fr.) Konrad & Maublanc Cap 4-5cm across, campanulate; dull date brown when moist, with small fibrillose scales that have darker tips. Gills adnate, crowded, narrow; white then pinkish gray to brown. Stem 50-100 x 7-8mm; white; fibrillose-scaly below a membranous ring. Flesh white. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant. Spores ovoid to ellipsoid, 9-12 x 4.5-6pµ. Deposit purplish brown. Pleurocystidia obtuse to rounded. Habitat on conifer wood. Rather rare. Found in Europe and the Pacific Northwest. Season September-November. Edibility not known -avoid.

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