Clitocybe gallinacea (Scop.) Gillet |
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholomatoideae/Clitocybeae (unconfirmed synonyms: Leucocybe gallinacea, Clitocybe tenuissima, Clitocybe tuba, Clitocybe candicans ss.auct.) edibility : poisonous
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The cap is whitish then ochre buff; its margin is smooth. The cap surface is smooth, covered with a whitish frosty topping, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is concolorous with cap, without ring. The flesh is whitish, unchanging; its taste is astringent to slightly hot; the odour is strong, earthy or of dust; its texture is fibrous. The gills are whitish, adnate, fairly crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in well-lit grassy areas of woods. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : ochre buff cap under a whitish frosty topping; stem concolorous with cap; quite close whitish gills; strong earthy non-mealy odour; small sized Clitocybe gallinacea is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
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