Rhodocybe popinalis    (Fr.:Fr.) Singer 



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

synonyms: Clitocella popinalis, Clitocybe popinalis, Clitopilus popinalis 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Rhodocybe popinalis toxicity of Rhodocybe popinalis genus Rhodocybe  

The cap is dark-grey, grey-brown to ochre-brown.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from August to September.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2.5 cm (between 1.5 and 4 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 8 mm (between 5 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : flesh and cap surface become red brown when in contact with potash.


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



page updated on 14/01/18