Arrhenia retiruga    (Bull.:Fr.) Redhead 

common name(s) : Small Moss Oysterling 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Pleurotaceae  

synonyms: Leptoglossum retirugum 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Dictyolus retirugus)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Arrhenia retiruga toxicity of Arrhenia retiruga genus Arrhenia  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, then flattened, with a lobed margin, with a whitish-grey internal surface, the external surface being whitish-yellowish.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, amongst moss.

The fruiting period takes place from January to June.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 1 cm (between 0.5 and 1.5 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Arrhenia retiruga is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Arrhenia retiruga in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Arrhenia retiruga in the forest of Rambouillet



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