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Galerina pallidispora.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Galerina pallidispora Mushroom
Ref No: 7749
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location: North America
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Galerina pallidispora Smith Cap 1-2.5cm across, flatly cone-shaped expanding to bell-shaped; russet becoming dingy yellowish tawny, fading to pale yellow or buff; smooth, moist, hygrophanous. Gills bluntly adnate, close, moderately broad; ochraceous tawny. Stem 30-40 x 2-3mm, sometimes slightly enlarged downward; same color as cap; covered with a bloom above, smooth below, with mycelium around the base. Spores narrowly ovoid, smooth or minutely dotted, 9-13 x 5-6.5µ; pale in 3 percent KOH. Deposit ochre. No pleurocystidia; cheilocystidia often curved. Habitat scattered on hardwood logs, especially alder. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season May-June. Not edible -suspect.

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