Conifer Roundhead

Stropharia hornemannii (Fr.) S.Lundell & Nannf.

Safety first

This mushroom is listed as poisonous. Eating it can make you seriously ill.

Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.

Edibility

Poisonous Source: Wikipedia: Stropharia hornemannii

Classification from Wikipedia: Stropharia hornemannii. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

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Photos

Photo: Khyra (They/She). CC0. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Sigrid Jakob. CC0. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Leanne Stacy Reitan. CC0. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Sara L Giles. CC0. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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Recorded observations of Conifer Roundhead by month
Month	Records
January	1
February	0
March	0
April	0
May	7
June	3
July	11
August	62
September	133
October	110
November	11
December	2

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

Quebec 44 records · Foraging rules
Ontario 39 records · Foraging rules
Washington 37 records · Foraging rules
Colorado 30 records · Foraging rules
British Columbia 26 records · Foraging rules
Utah 17 records · Foraging rules
New York 16 records · Foraging rules
Oregon 13 records · Foraging rules
Massachusetts 13 records · Foraging rules
Idaho 12 records · Foraging rules
Wyoming 11 records · Foraging rules
Nova Scotia 11 records · Foraging rules
Pennsylvania 11 records · Foraging rules
New Hampshire 8 records · Foraging rules
Michigan 8 records · Foraging rules

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Vermont6 records
New Brunswick5 records
Alaska4 records
Maine4 records
Maryland3 records
Illinois2 records
Montana2 records
California1 records
North Carolina1 records
New Jersey1 records
District of Columbia1 records
Manitoba1 records
Newfoundland and Labrador1 records
Virginia1 records
Wisconsin1 records

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Identification traits

Cap shape	convex
Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	gills
Ecology	saprotrophic
Stem features	ring
Spore print color	purple-brown

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Stropharia hornemannii, commonly known as the luxuriant ringstalk or lacerated stropharia, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Strophariaceae. The fungus produces distinctive mushrooms with caps up to 12 cm wide, which range from greyish-brown with purplish tints to reddish-brown, featuring a hanging ring on the stipe and gills that change from greyish-violet to dark purple-brown as they mature.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.

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