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

Psathyrella longistriata Mushroom
Ref No: 8831
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
stem type: Ring on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on plant material/manure

Psathyrella longistriata (Murr.) Smith Cap 3-10cm, convex-umbonate; vinaceous brown to gray-brown; with thin coating of veil fibers. Gills adnate seceding, crowded, broad; buff to dull brown. Stem 40-100 x 4-l0mm; white; with veil fragments below membranous, striate ring. Flesh white. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, slightly truncate, 7-9 x 4-5µ. Deposit purplish brown. Pleurocystidia ventricose with acute apex. Habitat on leaf litter and needle duff in mixed woods. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season August-December. Not edible.

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