Gymnopus hariolorum    (Bull.:Fr.) Antonín, Halling & Noordel. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae/Collybieae  

synonyms: Collybia hariolorum, Marasmius hariolorum 

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with  Gymnopus hariolorum toxicity of Gymnopus hariolorum genus Gymnopus  

The cap is buff-cream to tawny brown, with reddish shades. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild, radish-like; the odour is unpleasant, of rotten cabbage; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, adnate, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rather calcareous soil, with beech, ash.

The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 6 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 4 and 10 mm)

Distinctive features : hairy stem; unpleasant smell

Gymnopus hariolorum is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Gymnopus hariolorum in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Gymnopus hariolorum in the forest of Rambouillet



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