Echinoderma hystrix    (F.H. Møller & J.E. Lange) Bon 



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

synonyms: Lepiota hispida, Lepiota hystrix 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Echinoderma hystrix toxicity of Echinoderma hystrix genus Echinoderma  

The cap is dark reddish-brown, the concentric scales disrupting towards the margin on a white background. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is with scales or bands under the ring, with a membranous ring.

The flesh is unchanging; the odour is pleasant; 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.

The fruiting period takes place from August to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 4 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 5 and 6 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 8 mm (between 6 and 10 mm)

Distinctive features : reddish droplets oozing from stem; non-forked gills, with a blackish edge

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



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