Agaricus moelleri    Wasser 

common name(s) : Inky Mushroom, Ink Mushroom, Scaly Mushroom 

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

synonyms: Agaricus praeclaresquamosus, Psalliota meleagris, Agaricus placomyces, Agaricus placomyces-meleagris, Agaricus praeclaresquamosum, Agaricus meleagris 

edibility : poisonous

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photo gallery of  Agaricus moelleri potential confusions with  Agaricus moelleri toxicity of Agaricus moelleri genus Agaricus  

The cap is grey-brown (scales) on a whitish background. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is bulbous, with a membranous ring.

The flesh is turning yellow when exposed to air; its taste is unpleasant, of phenol or ink; the odour is unpleasant, also of phenol or ink; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then bright pink then dark purple brown, free, crowded . The spore print is brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rather calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 9 cm (between 5 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 9 cm (between 6 and 13 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 13 mm (between 7 and 25 mm)

Chemical tests : no reaction to Schaeffer's test.

Distinctive features : trapezoidal cap, with brown to blackish scales, reminding a guinea fool; flesh turning yellow when cut or bruised, but never spontaneously; odour and taste unpleasant

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



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