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

Stropharia ambigua Mushroom
Ref No: 8947
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location: North America
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Stropharia ambigua (Pk.) Zeller Cap 5-15cm across, convex to broadly umbonate; pale yellow to bright ochre; smooth, but with veil remnants at margin. Gills adnate, crowded; pale gray then soon purplish brown. Stem 75-150 x 10-20mm; white with fibrillose-scaly covering below faint ring zone; with many white rhizomorphs at base. Flesh white. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, with germ pore at tip, 11-14 x 6-7.5µ. Deposit purple-brown. Habitat in conifer woods. Often numerous. Found in the Pacific Northwest and on the California coast. Season August-November. Edibility not known suspect.

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