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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Black or blackish |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Cup shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on plant material/manure |
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Sarcosoma mexicana (Ellis & Holway) Pad. & Tyl. Fruit body 3-10cm high, 4-10cm across; top-shaped becoming disc-shaped or sometimes cup-shaped, with a wavy margin; upper surface black or dark brown. Outside undersurface dark gray to black; velvety, often roughened with dark granules; tapering down into a thick, short base "stalk," which is generally deeply ribbed or wrinkled or has large pockets. Flesh watery-gelatinous; clear gray to black or brownish. Spores ellipsoid to semi-sausage-shaped, smooth, with l to 3 oil droplets, 23-34 x 10-14µ. Habitat singly, in groups, or in clusters on rotting wood or needle duff under conifers. Generally rare, but occasionally common in mountain areas. Found in western North America. Season February-September. Edibility not known. |
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Genie Crowe (United States) - 06 June 2010
Never have seen anything like this, but per your description, it might very well be S.mexicana. It was found 6/5/10 in the Blue Mts south of Dayton WA.
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