Mycena cinerella (P. Karst.) P.Karst.
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common name(s) : Mealy Bonnet
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Mycenaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae/Collybieae
synonyms: Omphalia grisea ss.Rick.
edibility : unknown edibility
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The cap is grey, with a central umbo.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is mealy;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are white to grey, decurrent to adnate, distant .
The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on the ground.
The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 1 cm (between 0.5 and 2 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 6.5 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1 mm (between 0.5 and 2 mm) |
Chemical tests : none.
Distinctive features : grey and striate cap; very decurrent grey gills; strong odour of meal
Mycena cinerella is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Mycena cinerella in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18