Parasola plicatilis    (Curtis:Fr.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Hopple 

common name(s) : Pleated Inkcap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Coprinaceae  

synonyms: Coprinus plicatilis 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Parasola plicatilis
photo gallery of Parasola plicatilis potential confusions with Parasola plicatilis toxicity of Parasola plicatilis genus Parasola  

The cap is whitish-grey with red-brown centre, club-shaped then flat or with depressed centre; its margin is deeply furrowed. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white to buff towards base, without ring.

The flesh is very thin, grey-buff, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is weak or not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale clay then grey then blackish, free, with collarium, distant (nb of gills per 90° ~ 13 ). The spore print is black (gills not deliquescing). This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in meadows or gardens, in well-lit areas.

The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.5 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 1.5 and 7.5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 1 and 2.5 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : Very thin and striate buff cap, with a red-brown then grey central disk; gills turning black when mature, but not decomposing into ink, and inserted on a small disk (collarium) away from the stem; in well lit parks or gardens

Parasola plicatilis is infrequent and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Parasola plicatilis in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Parasola plicatilis in the forest of Rambouillet



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