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  • synonyms: Rotbrauner Egerling
    Agaricus porphyrocephalus Mushroom
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    location: Europe
    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
    normal size: 5-15cm
    cap type: Convex to shield shaped
    stem type: Ring on stem
    spore colour: Purplish to black
    habitat: Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

    Agaricus porphyrocephalus Møller syn. Psalliota porphyrea Møller
    Rotbrauner Egerling Cap 3–8cm across, hemispherical to flat, brown, with darker radiating fibrils. Stem 30–40 x 10–20mm, white, slightly tapering towards the base or sometimes slightly swollen and bulbous; ring thin and white. Flesh white to pale flesh-coloured. Taste and smell mushroomy. Gills pink at first, later chocolate brown. Cheilocystidia absent. Spore print brown. Spores 5–7´3–4.5m. Habitat lawns or pastures. Season autumn. Rare. Edibility suspect -avoid. Found In Europe.

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    Dave Kelly (United Kingdom) - 13 October 2024

    On Heathland in the New Forest UK. Oct 2024
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