Collybia cirrhata    (Pers.) Quél. 

common name(s) : Piggyback Shanklet 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae [sub-genus:Collybia section:Collybia ]  

synonyms: Microcollybia cirrhata, Collybia amanitae, Collybia cirrata 

edibility : unknown edibility

photo gallery of Collybia cirrhata
photo gallery of Collybia cirrhata potential confusions with Collybia cirrhata toxicity of Collybia cirrhata genus Collybia  

The cap is white. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white to flesh pink, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1 cm (between 0.2 and 2 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1 mm (between 1 and 1 mm)

Distinctive features : Small white cap; in troops, on the remains of other mushrooms (Lactarius, Russula), without sclerotia attached to stem base

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



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