Rhodocybe gemina    (Fr.) Kuyper & Noordel. 

common name(s) : Tan Pinkgill 

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

synonyms: Clitopilus geminus, Rhodocybe truncata 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Clitopilus truncatus)  

edibility : discard

photo gallery of  Rhodocybe gemina
photo gallery of  Rhodocybe gemina potential confusions with  Rhodocybe gemina toxicity of Rhodocybe gemina genus Rhodocybe  

The cap is pallid ochre or pink-brown.

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 9 cm (between 2 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 13 mm (between 5 and 20 mm)


Rhodocybe gemina is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Rhodocybe gemina in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Rhodocybe gemina in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18