Leucopaxillus giganteus    (Sow.:Fr.) Singer 

common name(s) : Giant Funnel, Giant Funnel Cap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Leucopaxilloideae/Leucopaxilleae [sub-genus:Aspropaxillus]  

synonyms: Clitocybe gigantea, Aspropaxillus giganteus 

edibility : edible

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The cap is ivory-white, eventually stained with buff at its centre, flat then deeply funnel-shaped; its margin is incurved then eventually wavy and furrowed. The cap surface is smooth to slightly scaly or cracked at the centre, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white then stained with ochre, short, without ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is faint, mild to bitter; the odour is faint, pleasant, of bitter almonds; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are cream then brownish, more or less decurrent, forked, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, often in fairy rings, in the grass of pastures, lawns, roadsides, clearings close to conifers, more often in the mountains.

The fruiting period takes place from March to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 22 cm (between 4 and 45 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 30 mm (between 3 and 60 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : White and large size cap, eventually buff at its centre, with an inrolled then furrowed margin; short white stem; flesh with odour of bitter almonds; in meadows or pastures, in circles, more often in the mountains

Leucopaxillus giganteus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Leucopaxillus giganteus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Leucopaxillus giganteus in the forest of Rambouillet



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