Pholiotina arrhenii (Fr.) Singer |
The cap is ochre to red-brown, hygrophanous, conical to expanded, more or less umbonate; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is whitish to silver-cream, with a white, median, membranous ring, striate on the upper part. The flesh is whitish to pallid, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous. The gills are clay-brown to brown, adnate, crowded . The spore print is red brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rich soil, on roadsides, in mixed woods, parks, grassland. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Distinctive features : membranous ring, skirt-shaped, striate above, whitish and placed mid-height; reddish-brown hygrophanous cap, with a furrowed margin Pholiotina arrhenii is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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