Hebeloma leucosarx    P.D. Orton 

common name(s) : Pale Poisonpie 

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

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Hebeloma leucosarx toxicity of Hebeloma leucosarx genus Hebeloma  

The cap is whitish-cream, with an ochre-brown to pink-brown centre.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are .

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 5 cm (between 2.5 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 5 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 6 and 15 mm)


Hebeloma leucosarx is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hebeloma leucosarx in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hebeloma leucosarx in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18