Pluteus romellii    (Britzem.) Sacc. 

common name(s) : Goldleaf Shield 

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

synonyms: Pluteus nanus-lutescens, Pluteus lutescens 

edibility : discard

potential confusions with Pluteus romellii toxicity of Pluteus romellii genus Pluteus  

The cap is yellow-brownish ; its margin is striate when moist. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is yellowish, without ring.

The flesh is yellow, unchanging; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white yellow then pink yellowish, free, rather crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows, with beech.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1.5 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 1.5 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 6 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : veined cap; yellow stem

Pluteus romellii is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Pluteus romellii in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Pluteus romellii in the forest of Rambouillet



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