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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Brown, Grey to beige |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: Purplish to black |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on plant material/manure |
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Stropharia hardii Atkinson Cap 3-10cm across, convex-flattened; yellow-ochre; slightly viscid, then soon dry. Gills adnate, crowded; pale gray-buff then purple-brown. Stem 50-80 x 5-15mm, equal; pale yellowish; slightly scaly to smooth, with white rhizomorphs at base. Flesh soft; white. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, with germ pore at tip, 5-9 x 3-5pµ. Deposit purple-brown. Habitat in deciduous woods in leaf litter. Found in eastern North America, west to Ohio. Season July-September. Edibility not known -avoid. |
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