Hygrophorus poetarum    R. Heim 



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

synonyms: Hygrophorus pudorinus ss.Rick. 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Hygrophorus leucophaeus ss.Fr.)  

edibility : edible

potential confusions with Hygrophorus poetarum toxicity of Hygrophorus poetarum genus Hygrophorus  

The cap is whitish, with shades of pink or ochre.

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 13 cm (between 5 and 20 cm)
  height of stem approximately 10 cm (between 5 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 25 mm (between 20 and 40 mm)


Hygrophorus poetarum is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



page updated on 14/01/18