Agaricus pseudovillaticus Rauschert |
common name(s) : Clustered Mushroom
synonyms: Agaricus vaporarius, Psalliota vaporaria, Agaricus cappellianus edibility : edible
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The cap is dirty brown to tobacco brown, on a paler background. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky. The flesh is white, turning slowly red when exposed to air; its taste is nutty; the odour is mushroomy; its texture is fibrous. The gills are free, crowded . The spore print is brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : no reaction to Schaeffer's test. Distinctive features : growing under the surface to emerge one flattened; flesh turning weakly red; brown scales in concentric bands under the ring in young specimens; stem tapering towards base, deeply rooting Agaricus pseudovillaticus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
page updated on 14/01/18 |