Pluteus thomsonii (Berk. & Broome) Dennis
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common name(s) : Veined Shield
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Pluteaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Pluteaceae
synonyms: Pluteus cinereus
edibility : unknown edibility
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The cap is dark brown, greyish-brown.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The stem is whitish, without ring.
The flesh is white, unchanging; the odour is not distinctive;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are white then pink, free, crowded .
The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on dead wood.
The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.7 and 3.5 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 3 cm (between 1.5 and 4 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 5 mm) |
Distinctive features : veined cap; white stem
Pluteus thomsonii is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Pluteus thomsonii in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18