Parasola auricoma    (Pat.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Coprinaceae  

synonyms: Coprinus auricomus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Coprinus hansenii)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Parasola auricoma toxicity of Parasola auricoma genus Parasola  

The cap is bright rusty-brown, then grey-orange with a dark red-brown central spot (covered in the youth with thin hair that can be spotted with lens).

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is black (gills not deliquescing). This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 4.5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 4 and 11 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1.5 and 4 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


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



page updated on 14/01/18