Chamaemyces fracidus    (Fr.) Donk 

common name(s) : Dewdrop Dapperling 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Lepiotaceae/Lepioteae  

synonyms: Drosella fracida, Lepiota irrorata, Lepiota demisannula ss.Rick. 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Drosella fracidus)  

edibility : unknown edibility

photo gallery of  Chamaemyces fracidus
photo gallery of  Chamaemyces fracidus potential confusions with  Chamaemyces fracidus toxicity of Chamaemyces fracidus genus Chamaemyces  

The cap is ochre cream to straw yellow.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 6 cm (between 2.5 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 3 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 7 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Chamaemyces fracidus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Chamaemyces fracidus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Chamaemyces fracidus in the forest of Rambouillet



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