Lepista gilva (Pers.:Fr.) Roze
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New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholomatoideae/Lepisteae
[sub-genus:Lepista section:Inversae ]
synonyms: Clitocybe gilva, Clitocybe splendens
(unconfirmed synonyms: Paralepista gilva)
edibility : inedible
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The cap is pale beige to ochre brownish.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is slightly bitter; the odour is faint;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are white to cream, decurrent, crowded .
The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, in bushes or thickets.
The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 12 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 7 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 5 and 15 mm) |
Distinctive features : pale ochre cap, funnel shaped, with concentric spots; under conifers in the mountains (see L flaccida); stem with dense white down at the base
Lepista gilva is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Lepista gilva in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18