Echinoderma echinaceum    (J.E. Lange) Bon 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Lepiotaceae/Lepioteae  

synonyms: Lepiota echinacea 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Echinoderma echinaceaum)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Echinoderma echinaceum toxicity of Echinoderma echinaceum genus Echinoderma  

The cap is dark reddish-brown on a beige background, with a central umbo. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is with scales or bands under the ring, with a short-lived ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is fruity, of rubber or cedar wood; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in the woods, on a rather clayey-calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 3 and 10 mm)

Distinctive features : erected conical scales; gills not forked

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



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