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Panaeolus retirugis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Panaeolus retirugus Mushroom
Ref No: 8456
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
spore colour: Purplish to black
habitat: Grows on plant material/manure

Panaeolus retirugis Fr. Cap 3-6cm across, bell-shaped; pale tan-brown, but often white when old and dry; glabrous, surface often pitted or wrinkled. Gills adnate, crowded, broad; purplish gray at first, then blackish brown. Stem 90-150 x 3-7mm, hollow; whitish to pale gray; densely pruinose for most of its length; beaded above with droplets when fresh. Flesh thin; brown. Odor not distinctive. Taste slightly foul. Spores lemon-shaped, with an apical pore (11)12-16(18) x 8-11µ. Deposit blackish. Habitat on dung or on heavily manured soil. Found in Europe and widespread throughout North America. Season April-August. Not edible.

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