Agrocybe dura (Bolton) Singer
Cracked-cap Agrocybe

dura from durus, hard

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap (3) 4-9 (12) cm; stalk central, 4-10 cm long x (3) 5-15 mm diameter. Spore Print Color: purplish brown. Spores: basidiospores 10-14 x 6.5-8 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, dark brown.

Diagnostic microscopic feature: Pleurocystidia ventricose, 35-48 (56) µm long x 10-18 (24) µm diameter

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common

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: lawns, gardens, pastures

Fruiting Season: summer

  
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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