Leucoagaricus leucothites (Vittad.) Wasser |
The cap is white to slightly cream (central disk), convex to flat; its margin is smooth to fringed. The cap surface is smooth, sometimes a bit grainy, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is white, smooth, cylindrical and often slightly club-shaped or bulbous ŕ la base, with a membranous ring, not double, fixed then mobile. The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is pleasant; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white to pinkish, adnate, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in parks, meadows, lawns, roadsides, on a rather calcareous, but mostly rich in nitrogen compounds soil. The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : white cap; sometimes washed with brown or ochre near its centre; white to pink gills; white stem, with fragile membranous simple ring well separated from stem; in parks and meadows, on rich soils Leucoagaricus leucothites is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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