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

synonyms: Pikkelyes harmatgomba
Stropharia squamosa Mushroom
Ref No: 8966
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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

Stropharia squamosa (Fr.) Quél. Pikkelyes harmatgomba. 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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Bojan Milenkovic (Yugoslavia) - 22 October 2011

Stropharia squamosa
Bojan Milenkovic (Yugoslavia) - 22 October 2011

Stropharia squamosa
Bojan Milenkovic (Yugoslavia) - 22 October 2011

Stropharia squamosa
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