Cordyceps canadensis Ellis & Everh. |
New classification: Ascomycota/Pezizomycotina/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreomycetidae/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae Former classification: Ascomycota/Hymenoascomycetes/Pyrenomycetideae/Clavicipitales/Clavicipitaceae edibility : inedible
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The cap is shaped like a drumstick, with an ovale fertile head, chestnut to brown black, with an olive-yellow clearly marked stem. The fertile surface is smooth. It grows on the ground, in forests, mostly with conifers. The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Distinctive features : simple (not branched), parasite of underground fungi (Elaphomyces) or insects Cordyceps canadensis is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
page updated on 14/01/18 |