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Micromphale brassicolens.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Kohl-Schwindling
Micromphale brassicolens Mushroom
Ref No: 8067
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on plant material/manure

Micromphale brassicolens (Romagn.) Kohl-Schwindling. Orton Cap 1–2cm across, convex then expanded and often centrally depressed, reddish-brown, faintly striate near the margin when moist, losing this when dry. Stem 15–20 x 1mm, pale flesh-brown at apex darkening to reddish-brown below and black towards the base. Flesh thin, whitish to pale brownish. Smell very unpleasant, strongly of rotting cabbage. Gills white at first, later tinged flesh-brown at the base. Spore print white. Spores 5–7 x 3–3.5um. Habitat on beech litter. Season autumn. Rare. Not edible. Found In Europe. Considered a Gymnopilus by some authors.

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