Cantharellula umbonata    (J.F. Gmelin:Fr.) Singer 

common name(s) : The Humpback 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Leucopaxilloideae  

synonyms: Hygrophoropsis umbonata, Clitocybe umbonata, Cantharellus umbonatus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Pseudoclitocybe umbonata)  

edibility : unknown edibility

photo gallery of Cantharellula umbonata
photo gallery of Cantharellula umbonata potential confusions with Cantharellula umbonata toxicity of Cantharellula umbonata genus Cantharellula  

The cap is grey black to violet grey.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic, sometimes parasitic.

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 2.5 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 2 and 7 mm)


Cantharellula umbonata is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Cantharellula umbonata in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Cantharellula umbonata in the forest of Rambouillet



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