Pluteus ephebeus    (Fr.:Fr.) Gillet 

common name(s) : Sooty Shield 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Pluteaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Pluteaceae  

synonyms: Pluteus villosus, Pluteus lepiotoides, Pluteus murinus ss.Romagn. 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Pluteus ephebeus toxicity of Pluteus ephebeus genus Pluteus  

The cap is grey-brown to dark-brown, darker towards the centre.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 12 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 7 mm (between 3 and 15 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Pluteus ephebeus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Pluteus ephebeus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Pluteus ephebeus in the forest of Rambouillet



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