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Pachyella clypeata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

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  • Ref No: 8451
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    location: North America
    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: Black or blackish
    normal size: Less than 5cm
    cap type: Cup shaped
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows on wood

    Pachyella clypeata (Schw.) Le Gal Cup 1-4cm across, disc-shaped, closely attached to the substrate; upper surface blackish and shining, undersurface pallid with a faint greenish tinge. No stem. Spores ellipsoid, 25-27 x 12-14µ. Habitat on very wet decayed wood of deciduous trees. Fairly common. Found widely distributed in eastern North America. Season August-October. Edibility not known avoid.

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