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MAIA
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Clitocybe inversa (pics)
#1027964 - 11/06/02 12:08 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Found last weekend,
 Clitocybe inversa Synonym: Lepista inversa
Pileus Cap 2-9 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, the disc depressed to shallowly infundibulate; margin at first incurved, sometimes undulate to slightly lobed; surface moist, smooth, hygrophanous, color variable: shades of orange, pink and brown, e.g. pinkish-buff, pale orange-brown, pinkish-brown to cinnamon-brown, the margin usually lighter; flesh thin, concolorous with the cap, unchanging; odor slightly fragrant; taste mild to fungal.
Lamellae Gills decurrent, moderately broad, close to crowded, pale apricot-buff.
Stipe Stipe 3-7 cm tall, 0.4-0.6 cm thick, stuffed, often hollow at maturity; equal to slightly enlarged at the base; surface moist, the apex lined with gill edges, otherwise faintly striate, colored like the cap but usually paler, buff-colored mycelium at the base; cortex flesh pliant, apricot-buff, the pith soft, pale-buff.
Spores Spores 4-4.5 x 3.4 ?m, nearly round, spinose, nonamyloid; spore print cream yellow.
Habitat Forming arcs and rings in duff under Monterey pine (Pinus radiata), Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa), and occasionally Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.); fruiting from mid to late winter.
Edibility Unknown.
MAIA
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angryshroom
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Re: Clitocybe inversa (pics) [Re: MAIA]
#1027981 - 11/06/02 12:17 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Cool find, and nice ID...
I love just seeing random mushrooms, its nice to get a feel of the variation that is out there in a species.
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Gumby
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Re: Clitocybe inversa (pics) [Re: MAIA]
#1028511 - 11/06/02 02:33 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Welll... no one has said it yeah, and I'm supprised(wheres dobie when you need him?).
HAHAHAHA YOU SAID CLIT! 
ah... had to do it 
Good job at identifying them, BTW... nice to see people taking initiative in identifying mushrooms.
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MAIA
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Re: Clitocybe inversa (pics) [Re: Gumby]
#1028926 - 11/06/02 04:31 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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hehe!!!
Thanks guys, MAIA
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cheifdog24
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Re: Clitocybe inversa (pics) [Re: Gumby]
#1029344 - 11/06/02 06:07 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Damn, you beat me to that one. hehehehe clitocybe, that's the best name of a mushroom yet.
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zeronio
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Re: Clitocybe inversa (pics) [Re: MAIA]
#1030909 - 11/07/02 12:44 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nice pictures and description. There is also a lookalike: Clitocybe gibba
 Clitocybe inversa

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comario2
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Re: Clitocybe inversa (pics) [Re: MAIA]
#1032286 - 11/07/02 11:48 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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nice
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