Rogers Mushrooms - Psathyrella gracilis Mushroom


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

Ref No: 8823
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location: North America, Europe

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: Grey to beige

normal size: Less than 5cm

cap type: Conical or nearly so

stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter

flesh: Flesh granular or brittle

spore colour: Purplish to black

habitat: Grows on the ground

Psathyrella gracilis (Fr.) Quél. Cap 2-5cm across, campanulate; yellow-ochre to buff brown, pinkish when dry; glabrous. Gills adnate, crowded, broad; pallid then pinkish brown. Stem 60-120 x 2-3mm; white; pruinose at first. Flesh whitish. Spores ellipsoid, 1 I-14 x 6.5-8p.. Deposit purplish brown. Pleurocystidia with an acute apex, 54-75 x 10-16ľ. Habitat scattered on soil. Found in Europe and throughout North America. Season August-October. Edibility not known -avoid.

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