Artomyces pyxidatus (Pers. Ex Fr.) Jülich |
The fruiting body is shaped like a branched shrub, each section thickening upwards until being subdivided in turn again like a candelabrum, the tips being funnel-shaped, whitish, flesh-pink to pale ochre. The flesh is yellow-white, getting browner when rubbed; its taste is mild to bitter, then acrid when chewed; the odour is spicy. The fertile surface is smooth. It grows on wood, on dead coniferous or deciduous wood, on pine, poplar, willow. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Distinctive features : cream-white to cream-ochre colour; dichotomously branched as a candelabrum; flattened tips; dense branches thickening upwards before dividing again; acrid taste Artomyces pyxidatus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking . | ||
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