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synonyms: Velvety Fairy Fan |
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location: North America |
edibility: Inedible |
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow, Grey to beige |
normal size: Less than 5cm |
cap type: Other |
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
habitat: Grows on wood |
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Spathularia velutipes Cke. & Farlow. Velvety Fairy Fan. Fruit body 1.5-5cm high, forming a laterally compressed fan- to spoon like head on a narrow stem. Cap pale yellow or buff, often irregular and lobed, rather soft-fleshed. Stem 3-6mm long, brownish and minutely velvety. Spores needlelike, smooth, 33-43 x 2-3µ; divided into many cells. Deposit white. Habitat on decaying logs, in pine woods. Found from North Carolina to northeastern North America and west to Minnesota. Season August-September. Not edible. Comment The similar Spathularia flavida Pers. has a paler, whitish and non-velvety stem; in California is found Spathularia spathulata (Imai) Mains, with a browner or reddish-brown head. |
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Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 19 July 2011
Spathularia flavida.Pers- found in Serbia,Babusnica,by Dejan Stojanovich -Dragon.It is very similar to spathularia velutipes,but whole fruit body is yellow.
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