Pluteus plautus    (Weinm.) Gillet 

common name(s) : Satin Shield 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Pluteaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Pluteaceae  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Pluteus plautus toxicity of Pluteus plautus genus Pluteus  

The cap is pale ochre to olivaceous brown, hygrophanous, becoming whitish when drying*.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3 cm (between 2.5 and 3.5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 3 and 4 mm)


Pluteus plautus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18