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

synonyms: Brand-Faserling
Psathyrella pennata Mushroom
Ref No: 8839
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location: 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 pennata (Fr.) Pearson & Dennis syn. Drosophila pennata (Fr.) Kühn. & Romagn. Brand-Faserling. Cap 1–2.5cm across, broadly bell-shaped, grey-brown to reddish-brown becoming ochre, covered in whitish cottony fibrils or scales especially towards the margin. Stem 25–50 x 2–4mm, whitish. Flesh thin, brownish in cap, whitish to ochraceous in stem. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills pallid to purplish-grey. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia thin-walled, hyaline, acutely fusiform. Spore print dark purplish-brown. Spores pip-shaped, 8–9 x 4–4.5um. Habitat on fire sites. Season early summer to autumn. Common. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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