Galerina hypnorum (Schrank:Fr.) Kühner
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common name(s) : Moss Bell, Moss Galera
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Crepidotaceae
(unconfirmed synonyms: Galerina decipiens, Galerina hypnicola, Galerina obscurata)
edibility : unknown edibility
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The cap is honey-brown to pale yellowish-ochre, campanulate to convex; its margin is grooved.
The cap surface is smooth.
The stem is ochre yellowish towards top, dark brown towards base, without ring.
The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mealy; the odour is mealy;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are ochre brown, adnate, distant .
The spore print is ochre. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on the ground, amongst moss.
The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 1 cm (between 0.4 and 1.5 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 3.5 cm (between 1.5 and 5 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1 mm (between 1 and 2 mm) |
Distinctive features : ochre-yellow cap turning becoming brown when drying, with a striate margin; stem pruinose on top, dark brown towards base; mealy odour and more especially taste; among moss
Galerina hypnorum is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Galerina hypnorum in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18