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Image of Mycoamaranthus cambodgensis (Pat.) Trappe, Lumyong, P. Lumyong, Sanmee & Zhu L. Yang 2003

Mycoamaranthus cambodgensis (Pat.) Trappe, Lumyong, P. Lumyong, Sanmee & Zhu L. Yang 2003

Diagnostic Description

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Chrome yellow to orange, dry peridium; gleba translucent-cartilaginous to rubbery, whitish to light brown to dark brown. Spores described as finely spinose, ovoid to obpyriform with a germ pore.

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Distribution

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Australia, Cambodia, Thailand

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General Description

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Chrome yellow to orange, globose or irregular in outline, dry, 1-4 cm broad. Sequestrate, erumpent to subhypogeous.

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Habitat

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Forests of Myrtaceae and Dipterocarpaceae.

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Look Alikes

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Possibly Royoungia?

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Uses

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Reported as edible by Lumyong et al. (2003)

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