Alnicola scolecina    (Fr.) Romagn. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Cortinariaceae/Hebelomae  

synonyms: Naucoria scolecina, Alnicola phaea, Naucoria phaea, Alnicola badia, Agaricus scolecinus 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Alnicola scolecina toxicity of Alnicola scolecina genus Alnicola  

The cap is reddish-brown to buff-brown (dry), convex then flattened; its margin is striate. The cap surface is downy, then smooth.

The stem is concolorous to cap, with white marks at the base.

The flesh is brown, unchanging; its taste is faint, bitter; the odour is faint, of radish; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are buff-brown then rust-brown, adnate, rather crowded . The spore print is brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in damp places, swamps, with alder.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 1 and 4 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 1.5 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 2 mm (between 1 and 5 mm)

Distinctive features : reddish-brown cap, with a striate margin; with alder, in swamps or damp places

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



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