Gymnopilus fulgens    (J. Favre & Maire) Singer 



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

synonyms: Naucoria cerodes, Naucoria fulgens, Fulvidula fulgens 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Gymnopilus fulgens toxicity of Gymnopilus fulgens genus Gymnopilus  

The cap is brown to tawny-brown. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is darker brown, without ring.

The flesh is dark brown, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is strong; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are ochre then cinnamon, adnate, crowded . The spore print is red brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, amongst moss in swamps or on heaths.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.5 and 4 cm)
  height of stem approximately 2.5 cm (between 0.5 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 5 mm)

Distinctive features : hygrophanous cap

Gymnopilus fulgens is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Gymnopilus fulgens in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Gymnopilus fulgens in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18