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Monday 17 August 2015

Brown slimecap or Copper spike - Chroogomphus rutilus (Schaeff.) O.K.Mill. (1964) - Cyprus

Chroogomphus rutilus, commonly known as the brown slimecap or the copper spike, is a species of fungus in the Gomphidiaceae family. First described scientifically as Agaricus rutilus by Jacob Christian Schaffer in 1774, it was transferred to the genus Chroogomphus in 1964 by Orson K. Miller, Jr.. The fungus lives ectomycorrhizally with Pinus species, and is found in Europe and North America. The fruit bodies are edible but not highly regarded. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photos  Chalefka 9/11/2014 by George Konstantinou  




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