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Hebeloma edurum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Hebeloma sinuosum
Hebeloma edurum Mushroom
Ref No: 7875
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Hebeloma edurum Métrod syn. Hebeloma sinuosum (Fr.) Quél. Cap 3-10cm across, convex with inrolled margin, the edge wrinkled-furrowed when young; pale cream-ochre to hazel brown at center, to pale pinkish; dry. Gills sinuate; whitish then dull milky coffee. Stem 30-100 x 10-20mm, base swollen, slightly rooting radicant, difficult to dig up intact; whitish to pale clay; fibrous. Veil present. Flesh white. Odor faint, like cocoa, or absent. Taste mild to slightly radishy. Spores almond-shaped, warty, 9-12 x 5-6.5µ. Deposit pale brown. Habitat in circles around pine. Found in New Jersey. Season October-November. Not edible -suspect.

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