Leucoagaricus sericifer    (Locq.) Vellinga 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Lepiotaceae/Leucocoprineae  

synonyms: Sericeomyces sericatus, Lepiota sericifera 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Leucoagaricus sericifer toxicity of Leucoagaricus sericifer genus Leucoagaricus  

The cap is white, with centre more yellowish, convex. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is smooth, with a funnel-shaped membranous ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; the odour is radish-like; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in damp deciduous woods, urban woods.

The fruiting period takes place from September to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 4 cm)

Distinctive features : silky-white cap, with a yellow-brown centre; odour of radish

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



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