Agaricus silvaticus    Schaeff. 

common name(s) : Blushing Wood Mushroom, Brown Wood Mushroom 

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

synonyms: Psalliota silvatica, Agaricus sylvaticus, Psalliota sylvatica, Agaricus silvaticus-pallidus, Psalliota sanguinaria 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Agaricus sanguinarius)  

edibility : edible, good

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

The cap is beige with brown scales. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is white, turning red when exposed to air, without going through orange tones; the odour is pleasant, not of aniseed; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pink then brown, free, crowded . The spore print is brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in coniferous (sometimes broad-leaved) woods, on a rather acid soil, with spruce mostly, also with beech.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 9 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 11 mm (between 1 and 20 mm)

Chemical tests : no reaction to Schaeffer's test.

Distinctive features : Cap covered with very dense brownish scales on a white background; flesh quickly reddening when exposed to air, without going through an apricot phase; bulbous base; faint odour, not of aniseed

Agaricus silvaticus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Agaricus silvaticus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Agaricus silvaticus in the forest of Rambouillet



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