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common name(s) : Stinking Dapperling, Stinking Parasol
synonyms: Lepiotula cristata edibility : inedible
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The cap is red-brown scales on a pinkish white background, conical then expanded, with a broad umbo. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is white then washed with pink, smooth, silky, with a white ring, superior, funnel-shaped, membranous, ephemeral, sometimes stuck to cap margin. The flesh is white to vinaceous grey, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is unpleasant, fruity then of rubber or common earthballs; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white to cream, brownish with age, adnate, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 20 ). The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rich soil, along forest path sides, in lawns, bushes. The fruiting period takes place from May to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : complex odour, mixture of rubber and metal; small size; red-brown cap at centre breaking down to scales showing a pink-white background underneath; red pink stem base; membranous ring well formed but soon disappearing Lepiota cristata is infrequent and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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