Cinnamon navel is a small, distinctively shaped mushroom that often grows on wood and exhibits a cinnamon-brown color. It's recognized for its unique, navel-like depression in the cap, which typically spans less than a couple of centimeters. The gills underneath have a subtle attachment to the short stem. Found in temperate regions, cinnamon navel thrives in moist, forested areas.
Cap Diameter:
1 - 5 cm
Odor:
Mildly mushroomy, not particularly pleasant.
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Attributes
Similar Species
Tips for Finding
Clean and Preserve
Common Questions
General Info About Cinnamon navel
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Attributes of Cinnamon navel
Cap Diameter
1 - 5 cm
Cap
6 - 40 mm; convex; red-brown, on drying pallescent to orange-brown; glabrous, smooth; with involute to inflexed margin
Cap Shape
Flat, Depressed
Cap Surfaces
Visible lines or stripes
Gills
Decurrent; moderately crowded to subdistant; pale pinkish
Gill Attachment
Decurrent
Stem
Stipe 5-45 x 1.0-3.5 mm; equal; ochraceous brown
Stem Cross Sections
Hollow or cottony hollow
Flesh
Hygrophanous; concolorous with surface
Ring
Ringless
Spore Print Color
Creamy white to pale cream
Odor
Mildly mushroomy, not particularly pleasant.
Body Color
Brown
White
Orange
Flesh Bruises
The flesh or milk does not discolor when bruised or cut.
