Questionable Stropharia

Stropharia ambigua

Family: Strophariaceae

Also called: Questionable Stropharia, Western Wine Cap, Straw-Colored Stropharia

Questionable Stropharia (Stropharia ambigua)
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Overview

Yellow-capped Pacific Northwest Stropharia of duff and mulch. Edible cooked but mediocre.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Aug–Sep

Season

Jul–Oct — typical fruiting months: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.

Host trees & substrate

  • Decaying birch wood and forest litter
  • Decaying aspen wood and forest litter
  • Decaying cottonwood wood and forest litter

Where it grows

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