Collybia tuberosa (Bull.:Fr.) P. Kumm.
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common name(s) : Lentil Shanklet
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Marasmiaceae
synonyms: Microcollybia tuberosa
edibility : unknown edibility
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The cap is white with green yellowish centre.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The stem is white, without ring.
The flesh is whitish, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are white, adnate, crowded .
The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on the ground.
The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 0.9 cm (between 0.3 and 1.5 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 3 cm (between 1.5 and 6 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1 mm (between 0.5 and 2 mm) |
Chemical tests : none.
Distinctive features : on remains of other mushrooms (Lactarius, Russula); stem arising from an underground reddish-brown,1cm large sclerotium, looking like an insect cocoon or an apple pip
Collybia tuberosa is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Collybia tuberosa in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18