Setulipes androsaceus    (L.:Fr.) Antonin 

common name(s) : Horsehair Parachute, Horsehair Mushroom, Horse Hair Fungus 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae  

synonyms: Androsaceus androsaceus, Marasmius androsaceus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Gymnopus androsaceus)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Setulipes androsaceus toxicity of Setulipes androsaceus genus Setulipes  

The cap is flesh pink to orange-brownish red; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is blackish brown to black, without ring.

The flesh is white in the cap, dark brown in the stem, unchanging; its taste is faint; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are flesh pink, adnate, without collarium, distant . The spore print is whitish. This species is saprophytic. It grows, with fir.

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.3 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 0.8 mm (between 0 and 1 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : stem like a horse's hair

Setulipes androsaceus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Setulipes androsaceus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Setulipes androsaceus in the forest of Rambouillet



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