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The cap surface is sticky when wet and easily peeled—a troublesome feature, as that is allegedly a feature of edible fungi. [31] The remains of the partial veil are seen as a skirtlike, floppy annulus usually about 1 to 1.5 cm (3 ⁄ 8 to 5 ⁄ 8 in) below the cap. The crowded white lamellae (gills) are free.
This species has gills that are white to pale yellow, a white spore print, and spores that are elliptical, smooth, and measure 6.5–9 by 2.5–4 μm. [25] A rough resemblance has also been noted with the edible Hypholoma capnoides , [ 13 ] the 'magic' mushroom Psilocybe subaeruginosa , as well as Conocybe filaris , another poisonous amatoxin ...
"The mushrooms are the reproductive structure of a fungus that grows underground," Anne Pringle, a mycologist and expert on death cap mushrooms at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, tells ...
Gomphidius glutinosus, commonly known as the slimy spike-cap, hideous gomphidius, or glutinous gomphidius [1] is a gilled mushroom found in Europe & North America. Although it has gills, it is a member of the order Boletales, along with the boletes. The fruiting bodies sprout in pine, fir and spruce woodland in Europe in autumn.
Measuring 3–10 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 – 3 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) in diameter, the greyish or brownish-grey cap [5] is initially bell-shaped, is furrowed, and later splits. The colour is more brownish in the centre of the cap, which later flattens before melting. The very crowded gills are free; they are whitish at first but rapidly turn black and ...
The gills beneath the cap are white, then pink, then turn black and deliquesce ('melt') into a black liquid filled with spores (hence the "ink cap" name). [3] This mushroom is unusual because it will turn black and dissolve itself in a matter of hours after being picked or depositing spores. When young it is an excellent edible mushroom ...
It has a prominent boss and looks small in relation to the large stem in young specimens. As the mushroom ages, the cap changes from convex with inrolled margins to more funnel shaped. The decurrent gills are the same colour as the cap. The stipe is bulbous, larger at the base and 10–20 cm (4–8 in) high. The spore print is white.
The stem is 15 cm by 20 mm, solid and smooth, with an annulus (ring) that is white, but is often found blackened by falling spores. The gills are adnexed, being wider in the middle, and narrowing at both ends, they are brown to black. The flesh is white, or straw-colored. [4] [5] This is a buff, or whitish-colored mushroom that grows in horse dung.