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As the mushroom matures, the pressure caused by the enlargement of the internal structures cause the peridium to tear and the fruit body rapidly emerges from the "egg". The mature mushroom is up to 25 cm (10 in) tall and girded with a net-like structure called the indusium (or less technically a "skirt") that hangs down from the conical to bell ...
The subgenus is characterised by mushrooms that feature either no veils, or veils that do not form rings. The section Macrospori , proposed by Guzmán-Dávalos in 1995, is made up of large-spored species with ringless mushrooms. [ 10 ]
Russula is a very large genus composed of around 750 worldwide species of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms. They are typically common, fairly large, and brightly colored – making them one of the most recognizable genera among mycologists and mushroom collectors.
Hygrocybe miniata, commonly known as the vermilion waxcap or miniature waxy cap, [1] is a small, bright red or red-orange mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. It is a cosmopolitan species, that is found worldwide. In Europe, it is found in fields, on sandy heaths, or grassy commons in the autumn. [2]
The gills are only slightly decurrent, no ring. Lentinus levis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1915) This American mushroom, which has been classified as a Pleurotus, is reportedly easy to mistake for P. dryinus. [14] It has no cap scales and no ring or veil remnants, and the felty surface is different. [15] Pleurotus albertinii [Fr.) Sacc. (1887)
The mushroom cap is 1–4 cm wide, orange-brown, convex to flat and depressed, with small marginal patches of veil which disappear with age or rain; its odor is mild. [5] The gills are brown and adnate to slightly decurrent. [5] The stalk is 1–5 cm tall and 2–4 mm wide. [5] The spores are pale reddish-brown, elliptical, and smooth. [5]
Its stem is equal and pale yellow to chestnut brown, and is initially slightly downy. Its dimensions are 3-6cm x 0.07-0.2cm, and it has no veil. Microscopically, its spores measure 10-12.3 x 5-6.5 microns and egg shaped. Its plage is sharply defined, and the spores have an apical callus. Each basidium has 2 spores, and measures 20-24 x 7-8 microns.
The earliest reliable history of P. semilanceata intoxication dates back to 1799 in London, and in the 1960s the mushroom was the first European species confirmed to contain psilocybin. The possession or sale of psilocybin mushrooms is illegal in many countries .