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Cap:
1.2-2.5 cm broad. Conic-convex at first soom hemispherical
and expanding to broadly convex and then nearly plane. Surface smooth
and moist to viscid and oftern becoming cracked or pitted and wrinkled
with age.Cap hygrophanous from a copper-golden brown to a pallid straw
color in drying. Gills: Ascending, incinate. Pallid at first becoming grayish-black
and mottled. Stem: 55-95 mm long by 3.5-5 mm thick, swelling towards the
base whitish to cream color brown at the base and with extreme bluing
upon handling. Spores: 10.5-12 X 6.5-9 mics. Lemon shaped and smooth. Sporeprint: blackish-brown in deposit.. Habitat: scattered to gregarious on dung of buffalo and cattle.
Distribution: Originally described from Cambodia. This species
is also found in Peru, Mexico, and Hawaii. Season: During and after heavy rains at different times of the
year depending on the location of the fruiting bodies. Dosage: 7 to 10 fresh mushrooms and from 1-2 grams dried. Comment: Stephen Pollock sucessfully cultivated this species
back in the late 1970's. |

