Simocybe centunculus    (Fr.:Fr.) P. Karsten 

common name(s) : Dingy Twiglet 

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

synonyms: Naucoria centunculus, Ramicola centunculus, Simocybe centunculus-centunculus, Naucoria centuncula 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of  Simocybe centunculus
photo gallery of  Simocybe centunculus potential confusions with  Simocybe centunculus toxicity of Simocybe centunculus genus Simocybe  

The cap is ochre-brown, reddish-brown with olive shades, hygrophanous.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.4 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2 cm (between 0.6 and 3 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 4 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Simocybe centunculus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Simocybe centunculus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Simocybe centunculus in the forest of Rambouillet



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