Dung bald head (deconical merdaria)

Systematics:
  • Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
  • Family: Strophariaceae (Strophariaceae)
  • Genus: Deconica (Dekonika)
  • Type: Deconica merdaria (Dung bald spot)
  • Psilocybe merdaria
  • Stropharia merdaria

Dung bald spot (Deconica merdaria) photo and description

Location: on rotten horse manure and well fertilized soils, in grass, in gardens and fields.


Dimensions: ∅ 8 – 30 mm.

The form: bell, later expanded.

Color: pale ocher when dry, yellowish brown when wet.

Surface: smooth, whitish, soft

End: and the edge at a young age remains the remains of the shell.


Dimensions: long

The form: thin, finely fibrous, often elongated at the base in the form of a spindle or root.

Color: light yellowish.


Color: chocolate-brown, in old age with black spots, whitish along the edges.

Location: widely fused (adnat), compressed.

Disputes: purple-black, 10-13 x 7-10 mm, elliptical, smooth, with germinal columns.

ACTIVITY: absent or very small.

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