Entoloma saundersii    (Fr.) Sacc. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Entolomataceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Entolomataceae  

synonyms: Rhodophyllus saundersii 

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Entoloma saundersii toxicity of Entoloma saundersii genus Entoloma  

The cap is white to silver grey, not hygrophanous, convex then expanded, with a central blunt umbo; its margin is smooth or wavy. The cap surface is smooth, slightly greasy when young.

The stem is white to grey-brown, fibrillose or striate, without ring.

The flesh is white to pale brown, unchanging; its taste is mild, mealy; the odour is mealy; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are blanche à rose, adnate to emarginate, not very crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in woods or wood edges, shrubs, with elm, and members of the Rosacea family (blackthorn, hawthorn..).

The fruiting period takes place from January to September.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 2 and 12 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 7 and 24 mm)

Chemical tests : flesh turning blue immediately when in contact with gaïac.

Distinctive features : white to silver-grey cap, non hygrophanous, with a non striate margin and a white silky veil giving it a micaceous appearance; flesh unchanging when exposed to air; mealy odour and taste; early in the season (winter to spring)

Entoloma saundersii is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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