Hypholoma capnoides    (Fr.:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Conifer Tuft, Grey-Gilled Tuft Agaric 

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

synonyms: Psilocybe capnoides, Nematoloma capnoides 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Naematoloma capnoides)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Hypholoma capnoides toxicity of Hypholoma capnoides genus Hypholoma  

The cap is pale yellow, more ochre at the centre; its margin is with white veil remnants. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is whitish to tawny-brown, darker at the base, with a ring zone (cortina remains).

The flesh is white (brownish in the stem), unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are ash grey then purple grey, adnate, crowded . The spore print is purple brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on wood (also on the ground, on buried wood), in tufts, in coniferous (sometimes deciduous) woods.

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 1.5 and 9 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 7 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Distinctive features : gills without any greenish nor yellow tinge (purple-blue), close; white flesh; in tufts

Hypholoma capnoides is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hypholoma capnoides in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hypholoma capnoides in the forest of Rambouillet



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