Questionable Stropharia

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Stropharia ambigua

Questionable Stropharia, a reference photo
Photo: This image was created by user Tim Sage (T. Sage) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here. · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Stropharia ambigua, sometimes known as the questionable Stropharia or ambiguous stropharia, is a saprotrophic agaric mushroom, commonly fruiting in leaf litter and wood chips in the Pacific Northwest. Its edibility is debated.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Questionable Stropharia being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Classification

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Strophariaceae
Species
Stropharia ambigua

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