Bolbitius titubans
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Species: | B. vitellinus
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Bolbitius titubans (Bull.) Fries
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Bolbitius titubans, also known as Bolbitius vitellinus, and commonly known as the sunny side up[1] is a widespread species of mushroom found in America and Europe. It grows chiefly on dung or heavily fertilized soil, and sometimes on grass. It is nonpoisonous.[2]
Description
The
mushroom cap is between 1.5–7 cm,[3] and grows from egg-shaped when young to broadly convex, finally ending up nearly flat.[4] The cap's color starts yellow or bright yellow, and fades to whitish or greyish with age.[5] The gills are free from the stem or narrowly attached to it, are fragile and soft, and fade from whitish or pale yellowish to rusty cinnamon with age.[4] The stem is 3–12 cm tall and 2–6 mm wide,[3] is whitish-yellow with a fine mealy powdering, and is very delicate.[6] The spores are brown, elliptical, and smooth.[3]
The mushroom's edibility is unknown but it is too small to be worthwhile.[3]
A similar species is Bolbitius aleuriatus.[3]
References
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is ovate or flat | |
Hymenium is adnate or free | |
saprotrophic | |
Edibility is edible, but unpalatable |
- ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ OCLC 797915861.
- ^ a b Kuo, Michael (February 2012). "Bolbitius titubans". Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "California Fungi—Bolbitius titubans". Retrieved October 31, 2013.
- ^ "Rogers Mushrooms — Bolbitus vitellinus Mushroom". Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2013.