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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Black or blackish, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged |
| spore colour: Olivaceous |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows underground |
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Rhizopogon parksii Smith Fruit body 1-3cm across, roundish, slightly flattened; pallid to brownish or pinkish, staining dingy purple or bluish black on the surface when bruised or with age; minutely hairy. Spore mass olive. Spores subellipsoid, 5.5-6.5 x 2.3-3µ. Habitat under Sitka spruce and Douglas fir. Very common and abundant in the Sitka spruce zone. Found along the West Coast. Season August-October. Not edible. |
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