Hypholoma marginatum    (Pers.:Fr.) J. Schröt. 

common name(s) : Snakeskin Brownie 

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

synonyms: Hypholoma dispersum 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Nematoloma dispersum)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Hypholoma marginatum toxicity of Hypholoma marginatum genus Hypholoma  

The cap is yellow to brown-ochre; its margin is with white veil remnants. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is yellowish to almost black at the base, with a ring zone (cortina remains).

The flesh is white (brownish in the stem), unchanging; its taste is bitter; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are yellowish grey then purple grey, adnate, crowded . The spore print is dark brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on wood (also on the ground, on buried wood), in coniferous woods, with pine, spruce.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 0.3 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 2 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 3 mm (between 1 and 5 mm)

Chemical tests : Gill face cystidia turn yellow when in contact with KOH.

Distinctive features : hygrophanous, two-toned cap surface; stem covered with white silky streaks, giving it a silvery look

Hypholoma marginatum is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Hypholoma marginatum in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Hypholoma marginatum in the forest of Rambouillet



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