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Clavariadelphus truncatus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Lapos mozsárütőgomba, Levágottcsúcsú mozsárütőgomba, Macrotyphula fistulosa
Clavariadelphus truncatus Mushroom
Ref No: 7436
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown, Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Clavariadelphus truncatus (Quél.) Donk New syn. Macrotyphula fistulosa Lapos mozsárütőgomba, Levágott csúcsú mozsárütőgomba. Fruit body 5-15cm high, 3-8cm wide at the top, club-shaped, often broad and flattened at sterile top, narrowing down to a bulbous base; yellowish ochre to dark apricot orange; wrinkled. Stem indistinct; white-hairy at base. Flesh firm to spongy; whitish to ochre, darker on bruising. Odor none. Taste sweet. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, 9-12 x 5-8µ. Deposit pale ochre. Habitat scattered or in groups or clumps on the ground in coniferous woods. Widely distributed throughout North America. Season August-October. Edible-good.

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Roza Howton (Canada) - 13 August 2010

Bowness Park, Calgary, Canada 6th August 2010
Clavariadelphus truncatus
Christel Cammack (United States) - 11 October 2009

We found this mushroom on Oct.10.2009 at Cuivre River Park, Try, MO, and hoped it was edible, but did not pick it.
Clavariadelphus truncatus
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