Cystoderma amianthinum (Scop.) Fayod |
The cap is ochre yellowish to buff or brownish, campanulate then convex-flattened, with a more or less noticeable umbo; its margin is with veil flakes. The cap surface is finely grained with a mealy bloom, sometimes wrinkled with age, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is with same colour as cap, with a fragile sheathing ring. The flesh is whitish, yellower towards base, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is unpleasant, mouldy or earthy; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white, becoming cream, emarginate to adnate, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 32 ). The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, amongst heath and moss, on a rather acid soil, under spruce or pine. The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Chemical tests : cap turning brownish when in contact with potash (KOH). Distinctive features : Finely grainy buff, ochre to brown cap, with umbo; stem covered with flakes with same colour as cap below the ephemeral flaky ring; white gills contrasting with cap and stem; cap surface turns red-brown with potassium hydroxide; odour of mould or earth Cystoderma amianthinum is infrequent and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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