Bolbitius reticulatus (Pers.) Ricken

Bolbitius is Greek for cow dung; reticulatus from rete, a net referring to the netted pattern made by wrinkles on the cap

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 2-5 cm; stalk central, 3-6 cm long x 2-6 mm diameter. Spore Print Color: rusty brown. Spores: basidiospores 8-12 x 5-6 µm, elliptical, smooth, pinkish.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: medium-sized mushroom with violaceous-gray, glutinous cap that has radiating wrinkles, cinnamon gills and white stalk growing on or near decaying wood

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not common

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on or near rotten wood

Habitat: deciduous woods

Fruiting Season: summer, fall

  
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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