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Choiromyces gangliformis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Choiromyces gangliformis.jpg Mushroom
Ref No: 9736
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows underground

Choiromyces gangliformis Vitt. Fruit body cream coloured very lumpy and bumpy (ganglioform), 3-9cm across, flesh whitish with lightly marked network, lightly scented. The asci are 8 spored elongate-oval 200 x 60um, the spores are spherical not spiney but lightly verrucose 19-23um. Found in Europe and America in dry areas. Edible, but not choice.

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