Deconica horizontalis
Appearance
| Deconica horizontalis | |
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| Deconica horizontalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Deconica |
| Species: | D. horizontalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Deconica horizontalis | |
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Deconica horizontalis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Strophariaceae.
Description
[edit]The fruit bodies are kidney-shaped when viewed from above. The short stipe is usually off-center. Cap, stipe, and lamellae are brownish in color. In Europe, it typically grows in autumn and winter on hardwood, rarely on conifer wood, and sometimes even on coconut mats, paper, cardboard, etc.[1] A fungus found on old textiles named Melanotus textilis can be considered its synonym.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Notes mycologiques luxembourgeoises. VI".
- ↑ Noordeloos, Machiel E. (2011). Strophariaceae s.l. Italia: Candusso. ISBN 978-88-905310-0-2. OCLC 748566315.