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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Ring on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: Purplish to black |
| habitat: Grows on wood |
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Stropharia hornemannii (Fr.) Lundell Cap 6-15cm across, broadly convex umbonate; dull reddish brown or purple-brown, with white veil remnants at margin; very viscid when wet. Gills adnate, crowded; pallid then purple-brown. Stem 60-120x 10-20mm; white; strongly fibrillose-scaly below the prominent ring. Flesh white. Odor a little unpleasant. Taste a little unpleasant. Spores ellipsoid, with germ pore, 10-14 x 5.5-7µ. Deposit purple-brown. Habitat on rotting conifer logs. Found in Europe and northern North America. Season August-November. Not edible- possibly poisonous. |
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