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Wine-cap Chroogomphus
A pine spike with a pointed to convex, slimy cap that is usually wine red to purplish red at maturity, decurrent orange gills that blacken with spores, and orange flesh. It grows under pines and other conifers, where it parasitizes the mycorrhizal mycelium of Suillus and Rhizopogon. It is separated from the similar Chroogomphus ochraceus mainly by its thick-walled cystidia.
Edible but not highly regarded; flavor may improve with drying. One report describes eye irritation and an itchy rash after handling. Do not confuse with toxic Cortinarius species, which have rusty-brown rather than gray-black spore prints; take a spore print.
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