Agaricus bresadolanus    Bohus 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agariceae  

synonyms: Agaricus campestris-radicatus, Agaricus bresadoloanus, Agaricus romagnesii, Psalliota radicata, Agaricus radicata 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Agaricus radicatus, Agaricus bresadolianus)  

edibility : poisonous

photo gallery of  Agaricus bresadolanus
photo gallery of  Agaricus bresadolanus potential confusions with  Agaricus bresadolanus toxicity of Agaricus bresadolanus genus Agaricus  

The cap is white with brownish scales, trapezoidal, expanded to slightly depressed. The cap surface is not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is white, turning pink then yellow in the bottom; the odour is faint, of phenol; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are free, crowded . The spore print is dark brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 12 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 13 mm (between 5 and 25 mm)

Chemical tests : no reaction to Schaeffer's test.

Distinctive features : stem ending with a long root; scales arranged in a star-shaped disc on the cap; flesh turning red slowly; on urban lawns

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



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