Hypholoma aurantiaca    (Cooke) Faus 

common name(s) : Redlead Roundhead 

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

synonyms: Psilocybe aurantiaca, Stropharia aurantiaca 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Stropharia aurantiacum)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Hypholoma aurantiaca toxicity of Hypholoma aurantiaca genus Hypholoma  

The cap is orange to reddish. The cap surface is covered with short-lasting scales at the margin, viscid or sticky.

The stem is white, ochraceous towards base, without ring.

The flesh is pale buff to orange, unchanging; the odour is faint; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then purple grey, adnate, crowded . The spore print is dark brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on dead wood, on a rather rich in nitrogenous compounds soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 1.5 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 2 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : in sawdust, in parks or gardens

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



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