Armillaria cepistipes Velen.
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common name(s) : Mullet Honey Fungus
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocyboideae/Clitocybeae
synonyms: Armillaria cepestipes
edibility : discard
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The cap is ochre brown to cream.
The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.
The stem is bulbous, with a fragile and short-lived ring.
The flesh is unchanging; its taste is bitter; the odour is rather unpleasant;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are white then stained with red, decurrent, crowded .
The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic, sometimes parasitic.
It grows on wood, sometimes still alive, in broad-leaved (sometimes coniferous) woods.
The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 12 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 6 and 15 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 5 and 15 mm) |
Distinctive features : fragile and short-lived ring, striate margin; thin and bulbous stem
Armillaria cepistipes is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Armillaria cepistipes in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18