Chroogomphus helveticus    (Singer) Moser 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Boletales/Gomphidiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Boletales/Gomphidiaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Gomphidius helveticus)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Chroogomphus helveticus toxicity of Chroogomphus helveticus genus Chroogomphus  

The cap is cream orange to apricot orange.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is olive brown to black. This species is mycorrhizal.

The fruiting period takes place from July to October.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 0 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 10 mm (between 0 and 20 mm)


Chroogomphus helveticus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18