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Podoscypha multizonata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Büscheliger Warzenpilz, Zoned Rosette
Podoscypha multizonata Mushroom
Ref No: 8779
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Podoscypha multizonata2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8782
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: over 15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Podoscypha multizonata (B. & Br.) Pat. syn. Thelephora multizonata B. & Br. Büscheliger Warzenpilz Zoned Rosette. Fruit body 5–20cm across, rosette-like, comprising numerous thin, leathery, erect lobes which are flesh-coloured to rich brown zoned with darker bands, arising from a stout common base. Flesh tough and leathery. Spore-bearing surface pale brown to greyish. Spores white, broadly elliptic to subglobose, 4.5–6.5 x 4–5um. Gloeocystidia present in the hymenium as elongated, undulating worm-like bodies with swollen base and refractive contents. Hyphal structure dimitic, generative hyphae with clamp-connections. Habitat on the ground in deciduous woods. Season early autumn to early winter. Rare. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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