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MORPHOLOGY: Fruiting body is 5-20 cm. high and funnel-shaped.
Cap colour is red to bright orange to yellow-orange, but can fade with age.
Cap can be broad, depressed, or hollow in centre with large scales and a lobed margin.
Hymenophore surface is white, buff, yellow, or ochre with blunt, shallow, forking, decurrent veins.
Stalk is continuous with cap and can be centred or off-centre, tapering toward the base and becoming hollow with age.
Stalk colour varies from white to orange to yellow. Spore print is ochre coloured.
Basidiospores 10-16X5-8 microns, elliptical, and slightly warted. No amyloid reaction.
ECOLOGY: Found throughout the Northern U.S. in coniferous forests. Can be solitary or gregarious. Ingestion can lead to gastrointestinal irritation, so eating this particular species is not recommended. |
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