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| synonyms: Orangerote Träuschling, Redlead Roundhead |
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| location: Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Orange |
| 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: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides
, Grows on plant material/manure |
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Stropharia aurantiaca (Cke.) Orton Orangerote Träuschling Redlead Roundhead. Cap 1.5–5.5cm across, convex then expanded, orange-red with paler patches when dry, viscid when moist, margin often with whitish velar remnants. Stem 20–100 x 2–10mm, slightly thickened at base, whitish becoming streaked ochraceous or orange-red below. Flesh pale buff to concolorous. Gills whitish at first then olivaceous-clay. Pleurocystidia thin-walled, lanceolate with a sharp-pointed apex and yellowish contents. Cheilocystidia variable in shape, mostly thin-walled and lageniform often with flexuous necks, sometimes irregularly cylindric or clavate with a swollen or even capitate apex. Spore print dark purplish-brown. Spores elliptic, 11–13 x 6–7.5um. Habitat on rotting sawdust, usually in parks or gardens. Season autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.
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