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Hypholoma capnoides.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Conifer Tuft, Graublättriger Schwefelkopf, Hypholome capnoïde
Hypholoma capnoides Mushroom
Ref No: 8348
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Hypholoma capnoides2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8350
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows on wood

Hypholoma capnoides (Fr. ex Fr.) Kummer Syn Naemateloma capnoides (Fr.) Kar. Graublättriger Schwefelkopf Hypholome capnoïde Conifer Tuft. Cap 2–6cm across, convex with an indistinct umbo, pale ochraceous flushed tan in the centre, margin buff. Stem 40–100 x 5–10mm, ochraceous buff flushed tan from base up, with white cortinal zone. Flesh yellowish. Taste sweetish, smell not distinctive. Gills whitish at first then greyish-lilac. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, cylindric, hair-like. Pleurocystidia broadly clavate with beak-like apex. Spore print dark brown. Spores ellipsoid-ovate with a distinct pore, 7–8 x 4–5um. Habitat conifer stumps. Season spring to late autumn. Uncommon. Said to be edible -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.

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