Lepista sordida (Schumach.:Fr.) Singer |
The cap is grey brown to lilac, convex then flat; its margin is slightly striate, often wavy. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is lilac, same colour as cap, without ring. The flesh is white to lilac, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is non distinctive or faint, pleasant or mouldy; its texture is fibrous. The gills are whitish to lilac, adnate to emarginate, crowded . The spore print is pale pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in small tufts or isolated, in parks, gardens, wastelands, rich meadows and also forests, on a rather variable soil. The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : lilac-coloured and hygrophanous mushroom; faint odour; gills easily removed from cap, looking translucent when put close to a source of light; on compost or in parks, gardens, forests Lepista sordida is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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