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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Chrysomphalina chrysophylla is saprobic on decayed wood of Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)
Comprehensive Description
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Omphalina chrysophylla (Fries) Murrill
Agaricus chrysophyllus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 167. 1821.
Agaricus (Omphalia) xanthophyllus Berk. & Curt. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. III. 4: 287. 1859.
Agaricus chryseus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Cab. 23: 85. 1872.
Omphalia chrysophylla P. Karst. Bidr. Finl. Nat. Folk 32: 128. 1879.
Pileus convex or nearly plane, umbilicate, 2.5 cm. or mo:^ broad; surface flocculosei hygrophanous, yellowish-brown when moist, paler when dry, ' margin spreading, sometimes reflexed: lamellae broad, distinct, subdistant, strongly decurrent, bright-yellow: spores oblongellipsoid, 10-11 X 5 m: stipe even, glabrous, villose at the base, yellow, tough, hollow, sometimes curved, equal, 2.5-3 cm. long, 2-4 mm. thick.
Type locality: Europe.
Habitat: On decaying wood of coniferous trees.
Distribution: Canada to Oregon and southward in the eastern United States to South Carolina.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Chrysomphalina chrysophylla: Brief Summary
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Chrysomphalina chrysophylla is a species of mushroom with a north temperate distribution. Described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1821, it was placed in the genus Chrysomphalina by Swiss mycologist Heinz Clémençon in 1982.
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