- Fungi Including Lichens
- ›Basidiomycete Fungi
- ›Higher Basidiomycetes
- ›Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies
- ›Agaricomycetidae
- ›Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies
- ›Agaricineae
- ›Hymenogastraceae
- ›Phaeocollybia
Phaeocollybia olivacea
Phaeocollybia olivacea, commonly known as the olive phaeocollybia, is a species of mushroom in the genus Phaeocollybia. It is found in the Pacific Northwest.
From the article Phaeocollybia olivacea on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The cap of Phaeocollybia olivacea starts out dark green, before becoming brownish, orangish, or reddish olive green. It is slimy when wet. It is about 3.5-10 centimeters in diameter. It starts out conical, before sometimes becoming convex with an umbo. The gills start out pale yellowish, before becoming olive or dull golden colored. The stipe can be up to 22 centimeters long, but most of it is hidden underground, with only 7-14 centimeters visible aboveground. The stipe is between 8 millimeters and 2 centimeters wide, and tapers underground. The spore print is brownish.
Range & habitat
Phaeocollybia olivacea is found in mixed and coniferous forests, where it grows in clusters. It is mycorrhizal, and sometimes grows in fairy rings.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Phaeocollybia olivacea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 227626.