Hebeloma crustuliniforme (Bull.) Quél. |
The cap is whitish with brown centre; its margin is exceeding, often wavy. The cap surface is smooth. The stem is whitish, brown towards base, without ring. The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is bitter; the odour is radish-like; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white then brown, adnate to emarginate, crowded . The spore print is brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woodlands, forest edges, along paths, with birch, lime, poplar. The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : Gills weeping on their edge watery droplets, which become small brown spots when drying; stem with bulbous base, fragile, often remaining in the ground when collected; mealy or granular stem especially near top; strong smell of radish Hebeloma crustuliniforme is frequent and very widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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