Bolbitius reticulatus    (Pers.:Fr.) Ricken 

common name(s) : Netted Fieldcap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Bolbitiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Bolbitiaceae  

synonyms: Bolbitius aleuriatus, Pluteolus aleuriatus, Pluteus aleuriatus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Pluteolus reticulatus)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Bolbitius reticulatus toxicity of Bolbitius reticulatus genus Bolbitius  

The cap is grey to lilac grey. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are free to adnate, crowded . The spore print is rusty brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on dead wood, with beech, birch, poplar.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 2.4 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 2 and 4 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : viscous cap, with or without network, grey with purple tones; on deciduous wood debris

Bolbitius reticulatus is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Bolbitius reticulatus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Bolbitius reticulatus in the forest of Rambouillet



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