Species:
Leucopaxillus gentianeus
Scientific name:
Leucopaxillus gentianeus
Arabic name:
فطر الموج الأبيض
French name:
Leucopaxille amer
English name:
Bitter false funnelcap, Bitter brown leucopaxillus
Habitat:
On forest floor and under quercus litter.
Surrounding vegetation:
Found under Quercus Infectoria.
Ecological niche:
Saprobic, decomposing the litter of oak; growing scattered, gregariously, or in arcs or fairy rings.
Chromosome Number:
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Genome size:
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Cap:
Convex with an inrolled margin when young, becoming broadly convex or nearly flat; dry; bald.
Gills / pores:
Attached to the stem or beginning to run down it; close or crowded; short-gills frequent.
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Stem:
White, discoloring brownish; with prominent and copious basal mycelium.
Dimensions:
Attached to the stem or beginning to run down it; close or crowded; short-gills frequent.
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Color(s):
Cap is reddish brown to orangish brown fading with age to tan; Gills, stem and flesh are white.
Texture, other traits:
The cap has a kid-leathery feel; Odor is strongly mealy; taste bitter.
Spore print
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