Fistulinella gloeocarpa

Small viscid/hairy/bumpy cap with a long white or buff stem. White/buff stem may have a ring. Pores covered by a veil when young.

Description

Genus: Fistulinella

Species: gloeocarpa

Common Name:

Tells: Small viscid/hairy/bumpy cap with a long white or buff stem. White/buff stem may have a ring. Pores covered by a veil when young.

Other Information: Very little cap flesh. Rare, with the only finds to date have been made on Key Largo and in the everglades around Miami.

Science Notes:

Edibility: Unknown

CHEMICAL TESTS:

  • NH4OH (Ammonia): Unknown
  • KOH: Unknown
  • FeSO4 (Iron Salts): Unknown

Links:

National Audubon Society Field guide to Mushrooms, Gary Lincoff  0 Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians  0 North American Boletes

 

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