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Mata, M., D. Penjor and S. Pradham. 2010. Fungi of Bhutan. National Mushroom Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu, Bhutan. Local name: Chey Shamong Edibility: Edible. Habitat: Terrestrial and solitary to gregarious. Description: Cap: 2-10 cm diameter, convex-depressed, surface fibrillose, pale orange-cream, margin smooth, enrolled todecurved. Hymenophore: Teeth of the con- colour to the cap surface, up to 0.5 cm long. Stem: 210 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, equal, position central to eccentric, surface fibrillose con-colour to the cap surface. Flesh: Whitish-cream, sometimes discolouring yellowish when bruised. Spore Print: White. Comments: The fleshy consistency and orange-cream colour of the fruit body and consisting of prominent teeth are diagnostic in identifying this species. H. repandum is a popular edible species but it is usually found in small quantity here in Bhutan therefore not eaten. |
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