Laccaria tortilis    (Bolton) Cooke 

common name(s) : Twisted Deceiver 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Hydnangiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholomatoideae/Laccariae  

synonyms: Laccaria laccata-tortilis, Laccaria echinospora, Omphalia tortilis, Clitocybe tortilis 

edibility : edible

photo gallery of  Laccaria tortilis
photo gallery of  Laccaria tortilis potential confusions with  Laccaria tortilis toxicity of Laccaria tortilis genus Laccaria  

The cap is orange-brown to pink-brown, paler when drying.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from May to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1 cm (between 0.5 and 2.5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 1 cm (between 0.2 and 2 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 1 and 3 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Laccaria tortilis is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Laccaria tortilis in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Laccaria tortilis in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18