Hypholoma udum (Pers.:Fr.) Kühner |
common name(s) : Peat Brownie
edibility : unknown edibility
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The cap is red-brown, more yellowish towards margin in young specimens. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky. The stem is pale yellow towards top, dark red-brown at the base, without ring, with a cortina. The flesh is whitish, unchanging; its texture is fibrous. The gills are olive pale then dark brown, adnate, distant . The spore print is dark brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on peaty soils, marshlands. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : spores become brownish in potash. Distinctive features : slender species; red-brown cap; red-brown stem, darker towards base; astringent taste Hypholoma udum is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
page updated on 14/01/18 |