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Pseudocraterellus sinuosus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Chanterelle ŕ chapeau sinueus, Verbogener Leistling
Pseudocraterellus sinuosus Mushroom
Ref No: 8843
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Pseudocraterellus sinuosus2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8844
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location: Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on plant material/manure

Pseudocraterellus sinuosus (Fr.) Reid Verbogener Leistling Chanterelle ŕ chapeau sinueus. Cap 1–5cm across, irregularly funnel-shaped with a wavy and lobed margin, greyish-brown, fibrous. Stem 5–10cm long, tapering towards the base, greyish below, paler and more creamy above where it is covered by the spore-bearing surface which is irregularly wrinkled and folded, giving the appearance of vein-like ‘gills’. Smell fruity. Spores white, ovoid, 8–10 x 5–7m. Habitat in clusters amongst the leaf litter of deciduous woods. Season autumn. Rare. Edible. Found In Europe.

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