Hebeloma sacchariolens    Quél. 

common name(s) : Sweet Poisonpie 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Cortinariaceae/Hebelomae  

edibility : discard

photo gallery of  Hebeloma sacchariolens
photo gallery of  Hebeloma sacchariolens potential confusions with  Hebeloma sacchariolens toxicity of Hebeloma sacchariolens genus Hebeloma  

The cap is grey brown to ochre, paler towards margin, convex then expanded. The cap surface is viscid or greasy to the touch, rarely velvety.

The stem is same colour as cap, without ring.

The flesh is white to beige, with stem base turning brown, unchanging; its taste is bitter; the odour is strong, sweet, of orange blossom; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are clay brown then rusty red, adnate to emarginate . The spore print is brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in damp woods, ditches, muddy places.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 4 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 5 and 12 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : Ochre to grey-brown cap, with reddish patches when growing old, greasy to viscid; sweet smell, of orange blossom or disinfectant; bitter taste; clay-brown gills

Hebeloma sacchariolens is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hebeloma sacchariolens in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hebeloma sacchariolens in the forest of Rambouillet



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