Wine Roundhead

Stropharia rugosoannulata Farl. ex Murrill

Also called: Wine-cap Stropharia, Wine-red Stropharia

Safety first

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

Edible (per source) Source: Wikipedia: Stropharia rugosoannulata

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

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Photos

Photo: Jeff. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Julie Travaglini. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Maria Aghazarian. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Nathan Cobbett. 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.

The highlighted bar is the current month.

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Recorded observations of Wine Roundhead by month
Month	Records
January	0
February	0
March	1
April	73
May	227
June	111
July	60
August	59
September	80
October	93
November	15
December	1

Where it is found

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

Pennsylvania 110 records · Foraging rules
New York 80 records · Foraging rules
Maryland 70 records · Foraging rules
Massachusetts 47 records · Foraging rules
Virginia 25 records · Foraging rules
New Jersey 16 records · Foraging rules
District of Columbia 15 records · Foraging rules
Minnesota 13 records · Foraging rules
Vermont 13 records · Foraging rules
Connecticut 13 records · Foraging rules
Ohio 13 records · Foraging rules
Indiana 12 records · Foraging rules
Quebec 12 records · Foraging rules
Washington 12 records · Foraging rules
Tennessee 9 records · Foraging rules

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West Virginia8 records
North Carolina7 records
Ontario7 records
Iowa4 records
British Columbia4 records
New Brunswick4 records
Michigan3 records
Delaware3 records
Colorado3 records
Georgia2 records
Wisconsin2 records
Illinois2 records
Missouri1 records
Rhode Island1 records
Maine1 records
South Dakota1 records
Oregon1 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 rugosoannulata, commonly known as the wine cap, wine-red stropharia, wine cap stropharia, garden giant, burgundy mushroom, or king stropharia, is a species of agaric mushroom in the family Strophariaceae found in North America. It is regarded as a choice edible.

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

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