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Stropharia cyanea.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Zöldeskék harmatgomba
Stropharia cyanea Mushroom
Ref No: 8953
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Stropharia cyanea2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8954
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Blue, Green
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Stropharia cyanea (Bolton ex Secr.) Tuomikoski Zöldeskék harmatgomba. Cap 3-8cm across, convex then obtuse-umbonate; bluish green to yellow-green, soon discolored to pale straw yellow with only hint of green; viscid, with fine, evanescent white veil flakes at margin. Gills emarginate; pale vinaceous buff to tobacco brown when old. Stem 40-100 x 3-12mm; colored as cap; with fugacious ring zone. Flesh pale blue-green. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, 7-9 x 4.5-5µ. Deposit umber-brown. Habitat in grass and leaf litter. Found in Europe and in Washington State, probably widespread in the Northwest. Season August-October. Not edible. Comment This species has long been confused with Stropharia aeruginosa, which is more strongly colored blue-green and has a copious white veil and white then darker, purple-brown gills.

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Bjorn Thurfors (Sweden) - 25 December 2015

Found these young ones in Förlångsö, Kalmar län, Sweden on the 16th of October 2015.
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Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 17 June 2011

Find and photo taken by Marjan Kuštera,Niš, Southern Serbia.
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