Agaricus impudicus    (Rea) Pilát 

common name(s) : Tufted Wood Mushroom, Variegated Mushroom 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Agariceae  

synonyms: Agaricus variegans, Psalliota variegata, Agaricus variegatus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Agaricus brunneolus)  

edibility : discard

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photo gallery of  Agaricus impudicus potential confusions with  Agaricus impudicus toxicity of Agaricus impudicus genus Agaricus  

The cap is dull red-brown to purple-brown, on a paler background. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is turning slowly red when exposed to air; the odour is unpleasant (like Lepiota cristata); its texture is fibrous.

The gills are free, crowded . The spore print is chocolate brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, parks, with pine, spruce, Douglas.

The fruiting period takes place from September to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 9 cm (between 5 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 6 and 13 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 11 mm (between 8 and 15 mm)

Chemical tests : no reaction to Schaeffer's test.

Distinctive features : cap with red-brown adpressed concentric scales on a white background; unpleasant smell of rubber or puffball; stem without scales; flesh turning red when exposed to air; with conifers

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



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