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

Psathyrella ochracea Mushroom
Ref No: 8837
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, 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 in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on plant material/manure

Psathyrella ochracea (Romagnesi) Kits van Waveren Cap 0.8-2cm across, conical-campanulate; ochre to reddish yellow, drying paler; wrinkled-veined. Gills adnate, distant; dull sooty brown. Stem 20-40 x 1-2mm; yellowish to ochraceous. Flesh watery pallid. Spores ellipsoid, 12.5-15 x 6.5-7µ.. Deposit purplish brown. Pleurocystidia sharp, awl-like. Habitat on soil. Found in the Pacific Northwest and possibly elsewhere. Season July-October. Not edible.
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