Leratiomyces squamosus    (Pers.:Fr.) Ryman 



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

synonyms: Stropharia squamosa, Psilocybe squamosa 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Stropholoma squamosum)  

edibility : discard

photo gallery of  Leratiomyces squamosus
photo gallery of  Leratiomyces squamosus potential confusions with  Leratiomyces squamosus toxicity of Leratiomyces squamosus genus Leratiomyces  

The cap is dull ochre-yellowish to tawny.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is purple brown. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from May to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 5.5 and 18 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)


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



page updated on 14/01/18