Hygrophorus latitabundus    Britzelm. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hygrophoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales [sub-genus:Limacium section:Olivaceoumbrini ]  

synonyms: Hygrophorus limacinus ss.Bon, Limacium fuscoalbum ss.Rick. 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Limacium limacinum)  

edibility : edible

potential confusions with Hygrophorus latitabundus toxicity of Hygrophorus latitabundus genus Hygrophorus  

The cap is olive brown, drying paler.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 11 cm (between 3 and 16 cm)
  height of stem approximately 12 cm (between 6 and 18 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 30 mm (between 10 and 50 mm)


Hygrophorus latitabundus is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18