| Kuehneromyces mutabilis (Scop.:Fr.) Singer & A.H. Sm. |
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common name(s) : Sheathed Woodtuft, Velvet Toughshank, Brown Stew Mushroom, Two-Toned Pholiota
synonyms: Pholiota mutabilis, Galerina mutabilis edibility : edible, good
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The cap is ochre to tawny-brown, with a central umbo; its margin is striate when moist. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is thin, whitish towards top, leather-brown to black towards base, scaly under the ring, with a ring. The flesh is white with a tinge of yellow, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is strong, pleasant, of fruit; its texture is fibrous. The gills are yellow then cinnamon, adnate, crowded . The spore print is red brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on dead wood, in tufts, in broad-leaved (sometimes coniferous) woods, on stumps of birch, beech, oak, hornbeam, alder, spruce, poplar, elder, willow. The fruiting period takes place from January to March.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : Orange brown cap when damp, drying to honey yellow from the centre, giving it a two-toned colour; cap surface shiny and greasy looking, usually not viscid; on dead deciduous wood, in dense tufts; stem with ascending ring, covered with brown scales below ring Kuehneromyces mutabilis is occasional and widely present in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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