Lepista gilva    (Pers.:Fr.) Roze 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Tricholomataceae/Tricholomatoideae/Lepisteae [sub-genus:Lepista section:Inversae ]  

synonyms: Clitocybe gilva, Clitocybe splendens 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Paralepista gilva)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Lepista gilva toxicity of Lepista gilva genus Lepista  

The cap is pale beige to ochre brownish. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is slightly bitter; the odour is faint; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white to cream, decurrent, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, in bushes or thickets.

The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 12 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 5 and 15 mm)

Distinctive features : pale ochre cap, funnel shaped, with concentric spots; under conifers in the mountains (see L flaccida); stem with dense white down at the base

Lepista gilva is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Lepista gilva in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Lepista gilva in the forest of Rambouillet



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