Cystolepiota bucknallii    (Berk. & Broome) Singer & Clémençon 

common name(s) : Lilac Dapperling 

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

synonyms: Cystoderma bucknallii, Lepiota bucknallii 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Cystolepiota bucknalii)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Cystolepiota bucknallii toxicity of Cystolepiota bucknallii genus Cystolepiota  

The cap is pale lilac to violet. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is smooth, with a short-lived ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is unpleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, distant . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in the woods, on a rather calcareous soil.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 2 and 5 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : pale lilac to purple cap; odour of gas-tar

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



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