Taxonomy

Leotia lubrica (Scop.) Pers. (1797)

Red List Status -


Description

Fruiting body: hemispherical fertile head on a stipe; head 15 – 25 mm diameter; viscid; olivaceous ochre.

Stipe: cylindrical, hollow when mature; 40 – 70 × 3 – 8 mm; viscid, granulose; orange ochraceous with granules having a slight olivaceous tinge.

Spores:

Notes: this collection is characterised by the viscid olivaceous ochre cap and viscid orange stipe.

Patrick Leonard 2019

Geographical distribution