Fungi Species Mushroom Images
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Stropharia ambigua

Stropharia ambigua - Fungi species | sokos jishebi | სოკოს ჯიშები

Stropharia ambigua

Pileus
Cap 4.0-14 cm broad, nearly conic when young, becoming convex to plane, occasionally slightly umbonate; surface pale yellow to straw-colored to orange-yellow, viscid when moist; margin with adhering veil fragments (appendiculate), sometimes disappearing in age; flesh thick, white.

Lamellae
Gills adnate, crowded, grayish when young, becoming purplish-gray to purplish-black.

Stipe
Stipe 7-17 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, equal to tapering downwards, stuffed when young, becoming hollow at maturity; white, silky at apex, floccose scales from the base to the veil, sometimes becoming smooth in age; veil cottony forming an evanescent superior annulus or annular zone; white rhizomorphs typically at the base.

Spores
Spores 10-15 x 6-9 µm, elliptical, smooth. Spore print purple-black.

Habitat
Solitary, scattered to gregarious, usually in deep humus of our coastal forests under conifers, but also found along streams and in damp shaded areas; from late fall to mid-winter.

Edibility
Generally considered edible, but very mediocre.

Comments
The tall, pale yellow fruiting bodies of Stropharia ambigua are exquisitely beautiful, standing dramatically in the deep shade of the forest floor. The pale yellow, sometimes viscid cap with an appendiculate margin and cottony stipe are important field characters. The aspect of Stropharia ambigua is somewhat similar to Amanita gemmata which also has yellow cap. However, the latter has white spores, free gills, a bulbous base, and lacks the striking appendiculate margin.

Gyromitra californica: Pseudorhizina californica - Fungi Species Clathrus archeri - Fungi Species Clavariadelphus occidentalis - Fungi Species
Amanita franchetii - Fungi Species Coprinopsis lagopus - Fungi Species Pycnoporellus alboluteus - Fungi Species
False Morel: Gyromitra esculenta - Fungi Species Henningsomyces candidus - Fungi Species Suillus ponderosus - Fungi Species
Omphalina pyxidata - Fungi Species Lacrymaria lacrymabunda - Fungi Species Ramaria rasilispora var. scatesiana - Fungi Species
Pluteus atromarginatus - Fungi Species Pilobolus roridus - Fungi Species Amanita gemmata - Fungi Species
Hohenbuehelia petaloides - Fungi Species Bovista californica - Fungi Species Tricholoma myomyces - Fungi Species
Russula olivacea - Fungi Species Crepidotus mollis - Fungi Species Agaricus subrufescens - Fungi Species
Tricholoma saponaceum - Fungi Species Gomphidius oregonensis - Fungi Species Bovista aestivalis - Fungi Species

Copyright © 2012