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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Violet or purple, Grey to beige |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: Light to dark brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground |
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Thelephora vialis Schw. Fruit body 2.5-10cm high, 2.5-15cm wide, spoon or fan-shaped folds arising from a common base to form a vase-like or cuplike mushroom; dirty white or yellowish to brownish gray or mauvish gray; radially lined, slightly scaly hairy toward the base, becoming smooth. Fertile surface pale yellow to grayish brown; smooth becoming slightly wrinkled with tiny projections. Stem 5-50 x 5-50mm; whitish to gray; slightly hairy. Flesh thick, leathery. Odor sharp to fetid when drying. Spores angular and lobed, slightly spiny, 4.5-8 x 4.5-6.5µ. Deposit buff. Habitat on the ground in hardwood forests, particularly under oak. Found in eastern North America from Vermont to South Carolina and west to Illinois. Season August-October. Not edible. |
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