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Microglossum rufum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Microglossum rufum Mushroom
Ref No: 8065
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Yellow, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Microglossum rufum (Schw.) Underwood Fruit body a spoon-like club. Head 1-4cm high, 0.3-1.5cm wide; orange to yellow; compressed. Stem 10-40 x 1-3mm, cylindrical; orange to yellow, slightly lighter than the head. Spores sausage-shaped, smooth, 20-36 x 4-6µ. Habitat scattered or in clusters on sphagnum moss, decaying wood, and leaf debris. Common. Found widely distributed in North America. Season June-September. Not edible.

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