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Rhizopogon luteolus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Gelbliche Barttrüffel, Rhizopogon jaunâtre, Yellow False Truffle
Rhizopogon luteolus Mushroom
Ref No: 9248
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged
spore colour: Olivaceous
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows underground

Rhizopogon luteolus Fr. Gelbliche Barttrüffel Rhizopogon jaunâtre, Yellow False Truffle. Fruit body 1.5–5cm across, ovate to globose, whitish at first then dirty ochre-yellow, finally olive brown covered in tawny mycelial strands, outer wall thick and tough. Gleba olivaceous at maturity. Spores olivaceous, oblong-elliptical, 7–10´2.5–3.5m. Habitat sandy conifer woods. Season autumn. Rare but less so in Scottish pine woods. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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laurens van der linde (Netherlands) - 08 December 2010

hello i found many of this they came out the ground so you can see on the picture greeting lou
Rhizopogon luteolus
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