Amauroderma argenteofulvum (Van der Byl) Doidge

 

 

 

 

 

Photos: Bart Wursten, Bomponi, Burma Valley.

    A fairly long-stemmed, terrestrial species, common in Miombo woodland. The  hard, flat, circular cap is brown with concentric blackish lines. The underside is greyish with minute, inconspicuous pores. The species bleeds red when damaged.

See A. longisporum for comparison, which is much lighter in colour, has a more irregular shaped cap, is thinner and more flexible, and has wider, clearly visible pores.

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