Arrhenia acerosa    (Fr.:Fr.) Kühner 

common name(s) : Moss Oysterling 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Pleurotaceae  

synonyms: Leptoglossum acerosum, Pleurotellus acerosus, Omphalina acerosa, Pleurotus acerosus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Phaeotellus acerosus, Cantharellus tenellus, Leptoglossum tremulum)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Arrhenia acerosa toxicity of Arrhenia acerosa genus Arrhenia  

The cap is grey brown to pale grey.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1.5 cm (between 0.5 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 0.7 cm (between 0.1 and 1 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 1 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Arrhenia acerosa is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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