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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| 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 plant material/manure |
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Stropharia squamosa (Fr.) Quél. Cap 3-5cm across, convex-campanulate; dull yellow-ochre to tawny, with paler, faint scales at margin; viscid. Gills adnate, crowded; pallid then purple-brown. Stem 60-120 x 3-l0mm, long, rigid; brownish; scaly below the small ring. Flesh thin; whitish. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, with pore at tip, 12-14 x 6-7.5µ. Deposit purple-brown. Habitat on decayed wood chips in mixed woodlands. Found in Europe and throughout northern North America. Season August-October. Not edible. |
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