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Pseudohiatula tenacella.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Bitterer Nadelschwamm
Pseudohiatula tenacella Mushroom
Ref No: 8845
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on plant material/manure

Pseudohiatula tenacella (Pers. ex Fr.) Métrod syn. Collybia tenacella (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Marasmius tenacellus (Pers. ex Fr.) Favre Bitterer Nadelschwamm. Cap 1–2.5cm across, convex then flattened and umbonate, brown often with a paler centre. Stem 40–80 x 1–3mm, tough, white at apex ochre-brown below with a very long rooting base. Flesh thin, concolorous. Taste bitter, smell not distinctive. Gills white. Pleuro- and cheilocystidia thin-walled, hyaline, fusoid. Spore print white. Spores 6–7.5 x 2.5–3.5um. Cap cuticle of globose cells with a stalked base. Habitat attached to buried pine cones by the long rooting system. Season spring. Frequent. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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