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Trichopilus porphyrophaeus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Braunroter Rötling, Lilac Pinkgill
Trichopilus porphyrophaeus Mushroom
Ref No: 9594
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Trichopilus porphyrophaeus Orton Syn. Entoloma porphyrophaeum (Fr.) Karst. syn. Rhodophyllus porphyrophaeus (Fr.) Lange. Braunroter Rötling Lilac Pinkgill. Cap 3–9cm across, convex to bell-shaped with a distinct umbo, dark grey-brown to date-brown often with a faint purplish-brown tinge at margin, covered in radiating fibres. Stem 40–80 x 5–10mm, purplish-grey-brown and fibrous, base covered in fine white down. Flesh thin, whitish. Gills rather distant, dirty white at first then dark flesh pink. Cystidia thin-walled, fusiform, often with capitate apex. Spore print pink. Spores angularly oblong, 10–13 x 5–7um. Habitat in pasture and grassland. Season late spring to late autumn. Uncommon. Said to be edible but best avoided due to possible confusion with poisonous species. Found In Europe.

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