| Agrocybe cylindrica (DC.:Fr.) Maire |
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common name(s) : Poplar Fieldcap, Poplar Agrocybe
synonyms: Agrocybe cylindracea, Pholiota aegerita, Agrocybe aegirita, Agrocybe aegerita
edibility : edible, good
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The cap is white to buff; its margin is with white veil remnants, often wavy. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is turning brown, with a ring high on the stem. The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is nutty; the odour is of radish or raw potato, sometimes pleasant; its texture is fibrous. The gills are cream then tobacco brown, adnate to decurrent, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 28 ). The spore print is dark brown. This species is saprophytic, sometimes parasitic. It grows on wood (also on the ground, on buried wood), in tufts, on broad-leaved tree trunks or roots, often alive, in rich damp places, with willow, elder, poplar, elm. The fruiting period takes place all year long.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : brown cap getting paler from the margin; skin of cap dry then wrinkled or cracked in dry weather or when old; gills very crowded, adnate, slightly decurrent by a tooth; species sometimes parasite Agrocybe cylindrica is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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