Entoloma vernum S. Lundell |
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Entolomataceae Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Entolomataceae synonyms: Rhodophyllus cucculatus, Nolanea verna
edibility : poisonous
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The cap is dark brown, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous. The gills are dirty white or brown then pink, not very crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rather acid soil. The fruiting period takes place from March to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : dark brown cap, hygrophanous, getting paler in radial bands; no mealy odour nor taste; in open woodlands in spring Entoloma vernum is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
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