Gymnopus erythropus (Pers.:Fr.) Antonín, Halling & Noordel. |
The cap is pink to red-brown, convex then expanded, sometimes depressed; its margin is often wavy, striate when damp. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is red-brown, without ring. The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is pleasant; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white to cream yellow, adnate, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 20 ). The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on wood (also on the ground, on buried wood), in tufts, in broad-leaved woods, on dead wood. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : slightly hygrophanous cap, thin and flattened, transparent when wet; slender and crooked stem, pale towards the top and reddish-brown downwards, with reddish mycelial chords at the base Gymnopus erythropus is infrequent and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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