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| synonyms: Weissköpfiger Ritterling |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: White to cream |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| 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 |
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Tricholoma leucocephalum (Fr.) Quél. syn. Lyophyllum leucocephalum (Fr.) Sing. Weissköpfiger Ritterling. Cap 3–6cm across, convex, sometimes with an obtuse umbo, silky white occasionally tinged yellow at the centre, smooth. Stem 40–60 x 5–10mm, rooting at the tapering twisted base, white, smooth. Flesh white. Smell mealy. Gills crowded, white. Spore print white. Spores ovoid, distinctly warted, 7–10 x 4–6um. Habitat broad-leaved woods. Season late summer to autumn although this collection was made on 8 July. Rare. Edibility unknown - avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.
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