Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad.:Fr.) Höhn. |
The cap is white, convex then a bit expanded. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky. The stem is whitish, with a white ring. The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is faint; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic, rarely parasitic of weakness. It grows on wood, most of the time dead, in broad-leaved woods, on dead or weakened beech, often high in the tree. The fruiting period takes place from July to March.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : White to translucent cap, very slimy; ring on stem; distant gills; thin and soft flesh; on beech Oudemansiella mucida is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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