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Morphology: The cap measures 3-16 cm, dry, rough (but rarely cracking), dark black, to brown,
or grey, becoming red with age especially at the margin.
No veil is present on this species. Its stipe is 4-12 cm long, 0.5-3 cm thick, nearly equal
down the length, dry, hairless, dark to lighter red sometimes
with yellow at the base (under the cap). The pore surface and tubes
buff to dark yellow generally staining blue when bruised.
Spore color print is olive brown.
The spores are spindle shaped or elliptical and smooth; 9-16 by 4-6 microns.
Basidia are picture separately.
Habitat: These examples were found growing on the ground, in scattered groupings but the species also commonly grows on rotting wood. B. zelleri is distrubuted in the western United States along the Pacific Coast most often in mixed coniferous forest but occasionally in hardwood stands. It is common and widely distrubuted in western forests; fruiting in the fall, winter, and early spring. These specimens were collected October 23, 1998 from H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest; Blue River, Oregon. References: Mushrooms Demystified, Arora, David. Mushrooms of North America, Miller, Orson K. Jr.; Introductory Mycology, Alexopoulos, Mims, & Blackwell. |
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