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Mycena pearsoniana.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Fleischfarbener Helmling
Mycena pearsoniana 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8417
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Mycena pearsoniana Mushroom
Ref No: 8418
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
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

Mycena pearsoniana Dennis ex Sing. syn. M. pseudopura (Cooke) Sacc. Fleischfarbener Helmling. Cap 1–3cm across, convex, flattening and turning up at margin, pale buff with violet pinkish tints, paler and lined at margin. Stem 30–50 x 2–3mm, pale flesh-coloured. Flesh thin at margin, brownish. Taste mild or slightly rancid, smell radishy. Gills horizontal, adnate with decurrent tooth, whitish flushed violet. Cheilocystidia numerous, thin-walled, cylindric with rounded apex. Spore print white. Spores pip-shaped, nonamyloid, 5–7´3.5–4.5m. Habitat on spruce debris. Season summer to autumn. Rare. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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