Rhodocollybia maculata
Rhodocollybia maculata, common name Spotted Toughshank, is a species of fungus in the mushroom family Marasmiaceae.[2][3] It often appears around rotting conifer wood.[4]
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| Species: | R. maculata |
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| Rhodocollybia maculata (Alb. & Schwein.: Fr.) Singer[1] | |
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 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is convex or flat |
 | hymenium is adnexed |
 | stipe is bare |
 | spore print is pink to cream |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
 | edibility: inedible |
Description
The cap is cream-colored with red-brown spots. The edge remains inrolled for an extended period of time. The whitish gills are crowded, becoming spotted in age. The similarly colored stipe is long, tough, hollow, and tapered downwards.[4]
A variety known as scorzonerea is characterized by yellowish color of its gills, and sometimes the stipe.[4]
Edibility
Though nonpoisonous,[5] this species is inedible due to its toughness and unpalatability;[6] it is usually bitter.[3]
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References
- AMP - Rhodocollybia maculata Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- Rhodocollybia maculata (MushroomExpert.Com)
- California Fungi: Rhodocollybia maculata
- Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
- Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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