Clitopilus prunulus (Scop.:Fr.) P. Kumm. |
The cap is pearl grey then whitish. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky in wet weather. The stem is white, without ring. The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mealy; the odour is strong, mealy; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white then pink, decurrent, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved and coniferous woods, grassland, forest edges, with hornbeam, beech, ash, pine, spruce. The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : Cap with irregular shape, white to pearl grey; strong mealy odour; stem often off-centre; gills white then pink, decurrent, easily separated from cap; brittle flesh ; rooting in ground and not in leaf litter Clitopilus prunulus is frequent and very widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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