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(Hodophilus foetens) (W. Phillips) Birkbak
& Adamcik
(Camarophyllopsis foetens) (W. Phillips) Arnolds
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Hodophilus foetens can look like a
waxcap with its thick distant gills. It is a relatively small fungus often
difficult to spot. They often grow together in clusters. The cap is up to
25mm, brown and often bell-shaped. The stem is thin often bent and up to 50mm
long. C. foetens is easily recognizable by its characteristic smell,
which is strongly unpleasant. It can be difficult to get the smell off your
fingers after touching it. It therefore carries its name correct. The spores are small, approx. 5 x 5 µm, inflated round to ellipsoid and differs from the
spores of waxcaps. The genus Hodophilus belongs actually
to the family Calvariacea. Ecology/Indicatorvalue All finds of C. foetens in SW-Norway have been made in
calcareous locations. It does not fructify every year and it can
take up to five years from you find it until it appears again. It grows on
not-fertilized grasslands together with other rare grasslandfungi,
and are therefore a good indicator for valuable grasslands. It is relatively rare and found only on a few locations in
Norway. Fructification in
Norway: From medio August
to beginning of November, mainly in
September/October. |
Redlistcategory: VU – vulnerable
Other
Nordic countries:
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Sweden |
Denmark |
Finland |
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NT – near threatened |
VU – vulnerable |
VU – vulnerable |
References:
Boertman, D. 2012.
Camarophyllopsis. . I Knudsen, H. & Vesterholt, J. (red)
Funga Nordica. Agaricoid, boletoid, clavarioid, cyphelloid and gastroid
genera.Nordsvamp – Copenhagen. s 242.