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Hebeloma edurum
Large orange mushroom is typically found growing on tree stumps, logs, or tree bases. The cap ranges from 7 to 20 cm across, is convex, and is bright orange, orange/brown, or reddish brown with a dry scaly surface. The stem is 2.5 to 26 cm long, 8 to 9 mm thick, and often narrows near the base. The frail ring is dusted with rusty orange spores, the flesh is yellow and the gill attachment to the stem is adnate to sub-decurrent. It has a bitter taste, stains red with KOH and turns green when cooked in a pan. The spore print is rusty orange.
On a fallen pine tree
Some subspecies of this mushroom contain the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin. Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.; f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 200. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired.
Spotted on Nov 27, 2012
Submitted on Jan 23, 2013
2 Comments
Thanks Bernadette. I think it is called so because it contains psilocybin, a powerful hallucinogen
Love that color! And common name. :-)