Agaricus comtulus    Fr. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agariceae  

synonyms: Psalliota comtula, Agaricus comtula 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Agaricus huijsmanii)  

edibility : edible

photo gallery of Agaricus comtulus
photo gallery of Agaricus comtulus potential confusions with Agaricus comtulus toxicity of Agaricus comtulus genus Agaricus  

The cap is white then ochre-yellow. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is white, yellowing faintly and slowly when exposed to air; the odour is pleasant, of aniseed or bitter almonds; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are free, crowded . The spore print is brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1.5 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 3 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 4 and 6 mm)

Chemical tests : no reaction to Schaeffer's test.

Distinctive features : small-sized, in well lit meadows; pink gills at first, not turning yellow when touched; odour of aniseed or of bitter almonds

Agaricus comtulus is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Agaricus comtulus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Agaricus comtulus in the forest of Rambouillet



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