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| synonyms: Gedrehter Lacktrichterling, Twisted Deceiver |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Red or redish or pink |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Simple stem |
| flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on the ground |
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Laccaria tortilis ([Bolt.] S. F. Gray) Cke. syn. Omphalia tortilis (Bolt.) S. F. Gray syn. Clitocybe tortilis ([Bolt.] S. F. Gray) Gillet Gedrehter Lacktrichterling Twisted Deceiver. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, flattened to centrally depressed, irregularly wavy at margin, pale pinkish-brown or more reddish and striate from margin to centre when moist, drying paler flesh-pink and scurfy. Stem 2–10 x 1–2mm, concolorous with cap, base covered in fine white down. Flesh thin, concolorous. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills distant, pale pink. Spore print white. Spores globose, spiny, 11–14m in diameter. Basidia two-spored. Habitat on bare soil in damp woods, often on banks of streams or ponds. Season autumn. Uncommon. inedible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 31 August 2010
Na trawniku.Gdansk ul.Wojska polskiego 48.Poland
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