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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Boletales: Gomphidiaceae: Chroogomphus rutilus (Schaeff.) O. K. Mill., 1964

Chroogomphus rutilus – Copper spike

Synonyms: Agaricus gomphus, Agaricus rufescens, Agaricus rutilus, Agaricus viscidus, Chroogomphus britannicus, Chroogomphus corallinus, Chroogomphus helveticus, Chroogomphus testaceus, Cortinarius rutilus, Cortinarius viscidus, Gomphidius corallinus, Gomphidius helveticus, Gomphidius litigiosus, Gomphidius rutilus, Gomphidius testaceus, Gomphidius viscidus, Gomphus viscidus.

Common name: copper spike.

Russian names: Mokrukha purpurovaya, Mokrukha slizistaya, Mokrukha blestyashchaya, Mokrukha zheltonogaya, Mokrukha purpurnaya, Mokrukha sosnovaya, Zheltonog medno-krasnyy.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Chroogomphus rutilus, commonly known as the brown slimecap or the copper spike, is a species of fungus in the Gomphidiaceae family. First described scientifically as Agaricus rutilus by Jacob Christian Schaffer in 1774, it was transferred to the genus Chroogomphus in 1964 by Orson K. Miller, Jr.. The fungus lives ectomycorrhizally with Pinus species, and is found in Europe and North America. The fruit bodies are edible but not highly regarded.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

Brown slimecap mushroom (<B>Chroogomphus rutilus</B>) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-07-05.htm">July 5, 2017</A>
LinkBrown slimecap mushroom (Chroogomphus rutilus) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 5, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188695
Copper spike mushroom (<B>Chroogomphus rutilus</B>) with a mold Penicillium brevicompactum(?) on its gills near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-08-16.htm">August 16, 2017</A>
LinkCopper spike mushroom (Chroogomphus rutilus) with a mold Penicillium brevicompactum(?) on its gills near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 16, 2017
Location on mapsSosnovaya ul., 17, Rappolovo, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188667
Copper spike mushrooms (<B>Chroogomphus rutilus</B>) in Komarovo, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-06.htm">September 6, 2017</A>
LinkCopper spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus rutilus) in Komarovo, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 6, 2017
Location on mapsOzornaya Ulitsa, 45, Komarovo, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197733
Gills of copper spike mushrooms (<B>Chroogomphus rutilus</B>) in Komarovo, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-06.htm">September 6, 2017</A>
LinkGills of copper spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus rutilus) in Komarovo, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 6, 2017
Location on mapsOzornaya Ulitsa, 45, Komarovo, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197733
Copper spike mushrooms (<B>Chroogomphus rutilus</B>) near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-09-10.htm">September 10, 2017</A>
LinkCopper spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus rutilus) near Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
Location on mapsUnnamed Road, Vyritsa, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188382
Copper spike mushrooms (<B>Chroogomphus rutilus</B>) west from Kavgolovo Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-08-21.htm">August 21, 2018</A>
LinkCopper spike mushrooms (Chroogomphus rutilus) west from Kavgolovo Lake near Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 21, 2018
Location on mapsLeningrad Oblast, Russia, 188667

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Acknowledgements

Russian web-forums Planeta Gribov, V Kontakte, and Griby Sredney Polosy for learning names of local mushrooms.

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