Armillaria gallica    Marxm. & Romagn. 

common name(s) : Bulbous Honey Fungus 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocyboideae/Clitocybeae  

synonyms: Armillaria bulbosa, Armillariella bulbosa, Clitocybe bulbosa, Armillaria lutea 

edibility : discard

photo gallery of Armillaria gallica
photo gallery of Armillaria gallica potential confusions with Armillaria gallica toxicity of Armillaria gallica genus Armillaria  

The cap is reddish brown, conical then slightly flattened; its margin is inrolled, slightly striate. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is short, bulbous, with a short-lived ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint, more or less unpleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is more often saprophytic than parasitic. It grows on wood (dead or not).

The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 9 cm (between 3 and 18 cm)
  height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 5 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 12 mm (between 2 and 30 mm)

Distinctive features : stem with yellow ring; bell-shaped cap with inrolled margin and fine scales of same colour as cap; isolated (not in dense tufts) bulbous stem; on buried wood

Armillaria gallica is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Armillaria gallica in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Armillaria gallica in the forest of Rambouillet



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