How to Identify Gomphidiaceae

Key Identification Features

• 4–1 cm in width, and has an indistinct ring.
• As the fungus grows, it breaks free of the veil, leaving behind some strands and an indistinct ring.
• The whitish flesh may have a faint wine-coloured tinge, and has very little distinct taste or smell.
• The thick flesh is colored orangish to ochraceous; its taste and odor have been variously described as either "not distinctive" or "pleasant".

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