Rogers Mushrooms - Naucoria scolecina Mushroom


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Naucoria scolecina. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Alnicola scolecina, Gestreifter Erlenschnitzling

Ref No: 9311
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location: Europe

edibility: Inedible

fungus colour: Brown

normal size: Less than 5cm

cap type: Convex to shield shaped

stem type: Simple stem

spore colour: Light to dark brown

habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Naucoria scolecina (Fr.)Qu�l. syn. Alnicola scolecina (Fr.)Romagnesi syn. Naucoria phaea syn. Alnicola badia. Gestreifter Erlenschnitzling Cap 0.5�3cm across, umber to date-brown drying pale ochraceous tan, striate near the margin when moist. Stem 30�50 x 2�5mm, concolorous with cap, slightly white silky fibrillose, darkening towards the base. Flesh brown to tan. Taste mild, smell not distinctive. Gills brownish to tan. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, with swollen base and narrow neck terminating in acute apex. Spore print brown. Spores brown, almond-shaped and rough, (9)10�14 x 5�6.5um. Habitat under alders. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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