Rutstroemia echinophila    (Bull.) Höhn. 

common name(s) : Hairy Nuts Disco 

New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Leotiomycetes/Leotiomycetidae/Helotiales/Rutstroemiaceae  
Former classification: Ascomycota  

synonyms: Lanzia echinophila, Phialea echinocephala 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Rutstroemia echinophila toxicity of Rutstroemia echinophila genus Rutstroemia  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped, then flattening to a disk, with a dark chocolate-brown internal surface.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, in chestnut burrs, on chestnut trees.

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 0.6 cm (between 0 and 1 cm)
  total height approximately 0.3 cm (between 0.2 and 0.3 cm)


Rutstroemia echinophila is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Rutstroemia echinophila in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Rutstroemia echinophila in the forest of Rambouillet



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