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Stropharia albonitens.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Stropharia albonitens Mushroom
Ref No: 8924
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Stropharia albonitens (Fr.) Karsten Cap 2-6cm across, convex, often umbonate; white to cream with yellowish center; smooth, viscid. Gills sinuate; pale violet-gray-brown. Stem 40-80 x 3-5mm; white, yellow-floccose below the apical ring zone. Flesh thin; white. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, 8-9 x 4-5µ. Deposit purple-black. Habitat in grassy meadows. Found in Europe and the Pacific Northwest. Season July-November. Not edible.

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