Galerina viscidula    P.D. Orton 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Crepidotaceae  

synonyms: Galerina cinctula 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Galerina viscidula toxicity of Galerina viscidula genus Galerina  

The cap is yellow to ochre, with a central umbo; its margin is striate when moist. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is ochre, thin, covered with silky fibrils in the base, without ring.

The flesh is ochre, unchanging; its taste is mealy; the odour is mealy; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are yellow then yellow-rusty red, adnate, distant . The spore print is red brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, amongst moss.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1 cm (between 0.5 and 1.5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 2.5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 1 and 2 mm)

Distinctive features : distant gills

Galerina viscidula is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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