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Thelephora spiculosa.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Stacheliger Warzenpilz
Thelephora spiculosa Mushroom
Ref No: 9493
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows on wood

Thelephora spiculosa (Fr.) Brut. syn. Phylacteria spiculosa (Fr.) Bourd. & Maire. Stacheliger Warzenpilz. Fruit body 2–15cm across, comprising numerous fine, cottony, spiky branches, purplish-brown becoming white at the tips. Flesh very thin, cottony. Spores umber, elliptic to subglobose with tiny spines, 7–12 x 6–7µ. Habitat encrusting dead twigs or leaf litter. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Found In Europe.
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