Agrocybe dura (Bolton) Singer |
common name(s) : Bearded Fieldcap, Crackling Agrocybe
synonyms: Pholiota dura, Agrocybe molesta edibility : discard
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The cap is white to yellowish-ochre (paler if dry), convex then flat; its margin is often with veil remnants. The cap surface is covered with cracks, especially with age, a bit sticky in young specimens. The stem is white to ochre, slightly swollen towards base, with a short-lived ring, on stem apex. The flesh is whitish, unchanging; its taste is mild to slightly bitter; the odour is mushroomy (non mealy) or cocoa, or mowed lawn; its texture is fibrous. The gills are pale beige clay to darker, grey-violet in-between, adnate to emarginate, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 18 ). The spore print is light cigar brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in meadows, parks, clearings, roadsides, cultivated places, on a rather calcareous soil. The fruiting period takes place all year long.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : cap surface slightly sticky, cracked with age, often with veil remnants at the margin; flesh very firm; gills broadly adnate; fragile ring; no mealy odour or taste Agrocybe dura is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
page updated on 14/01/18 |