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Leccinum albellum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Leccinum albellum Mushroom
Ref No: 9104
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh granular or brittle
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Leccinum albellum (Pk.) Singer Cap 3-6cm across, broadly convex becoming flatter, sometimes somewhat depressed in the center in age; whitish to pale buff or tan, sometimes olive-brown or yellowy; smooth, occasionally velvety at first, sometimes pitted, then often with scaly patches in age. Tubes deeply depressed; whitish at first. Pores up to 1mm broad; whitish, unchanging. Stem 50-80x7-11mm, sometimes slightly twisted; white to pale olive-buff, becoming rough with dark ornamentation. Flesh thick; white, unchanging. Spores ellipsoid to subfusiform, 15-19.5 x 4-6µ. Deposit olive-brown. Habitat under hardwoods, especially oak. Quite common. Found in southern and eastern North America. Season July-October. Edibility not known.

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