Galerina atkinsoniana    A.H. Sm. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Crepidotaceae  

synonyms: Galerina atkinsoniana-atkinsoniana, Galerina vittifomis-atkinsoniana 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Galerina atkinsoniana toxicity of Galerina atkinsoniana genus Galerina  

The cap is yellow brown; its margin is striate when moist. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is darker towards base, long and thin, without ring.

The flesh is cream to ochre-brown, unchanging; its taste is faint, of radish; the odour is weak, of radish; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are yellow then cinnamon, adnate, distant . The spore print is red brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved (sometimes coniferous) woods, amongst moss in damp places.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 0.7 cm (between 0.3 and 1 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 2.5 and 4.5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1 mm (between 1 and 1.5 mm)

Distinctive features : bell-shaped and grooved cap; thin and long stem; distant gills

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



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