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Rhodocybe hirneola.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Rhodocybe hirneola Mushroom
Ref No: 9251
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Rhodocybe hirneola (Fr.) Orton Cap 1-3cm across, convex becoming flatter, often depressed; gray to dirty gray-brown, frosted whitish on the crown. Gills curvingly decurrent; gray to brownish. Stem 20-35 x 10-30mm, slender; gray to gray-brown; sometimes with spots or patches, base covered in white hairs. Spores finely warty, 6.5-9 x 5-6.5µ. Deposit gray-brown. Habitat in deciduous and mixed woods Rare. Found in Europe and Washington state. Season September-October. Edibility not known -avoid.

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