Stropharia hornemannii    (Fr.:Fr.) Lund. & Nannf. 

common name(s) : Conifer Roundhead 

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

synonyms: Stropharia depilata 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Nematoloma hornemannii)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with  Stropharia hornemannii toxicity of Stropharia hornemannii genus Stropharia  

The cap is variable in colour:: red-brown to purple-brown, but also ochre-whitish, buff .

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from August to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 11 cm (between 5 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 13 cm (between 6 and 20 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 10 and 30 mm)


Stropharia hornemannii is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is rare, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18