Gymnopus foetidus (Sowerby) P.M. Kirk
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common name(s) : Foetid Parachute, Stinking Marasmius
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae/Collybieae
synonyms: Marasmius foetidus, Micromphale foetidum, Marasmiellus foetidus
edibility : inedible
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The cap is brown-pink to red-brown.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The stem is brown to black, without ring.
The flesh is brown to black, unchanging; the odour is unpleasant, of rotten cabbage or garlic;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are brown pink, adnate, distant .
The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on dead wood, on a rather calcareous soil, with hazel, beech.
The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.5 and 5 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 2.5 cm (between 1 and 5 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 5 mm) |
Chemical tests : none.
Distinctive features : on decaying wood; unpleasant odour; looks like a Marasmius
Gymnopus foetidus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Gymnopus foetidus in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18