Gomphidius maculatus    (Scop.:Fr.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Larch Spike 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Boletales/Gomphidiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Boletales/Gomphidiaceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Leucogomphidius maculatus)  

edibility : discard

potential confusions with  Gomphidius maculatus toxicity of Gomphidius maculatus genus Gomphidius  

The cap is buff-grey, creamy-pink to ochre, blackening with age.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is brown to black. This species is mycorrhizal.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 10 mm (between 4 and 20 mm)


Gomphidius maculatus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18