Chroogomphus rutilus (Schaeff.:Fr.) O.K. Mill. |
The cap is reddish brown, coppery brown, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky. The stem is white or orange towards top, brown-grey towards base, with a short-lived ring zone. The flesh is yellow to red-orange, turning pink when exposed to air; its taste is mild, nutty or slightly astringent; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white then grey brown then sepia or blackish, decurrent, distant . The spore print is olive brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, on a rather calcareous soil, with pine. The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : Red-brown to vinaceous-brown cap, umbonate, viscous when damp then shiny when drying; concolorous stem with ring zone, noticeable thanks to spore deposits; very decurrent gills, thick and distant, easily removed from cap; under pine trees Chroogomphus rutilus is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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