Pluteus atromarginatus    (Konrad) Kühner 

common name(s) : Blackedged Shield 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Pluteaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Pluteales/Pluteaceae  

synonyms: Pluteus nigrofloccosus, Pluteus tricuspidatus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Pluteus cervinus-atromarginatus)  

edibility : edible

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photo gallery of  Pluteus atromarginatus potential confusions with  Pluteus atromarginatus toxicity of Pluteus atromarginatus genus Pluteus  

The cap is chestnut brown to blackish, with scales at the centre, convex then expanded. The cap surface is with dark brown scales at the centre.

The stem is cream, with brown fibrils on a white background towards base, without ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint, pleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, then salmon pink, with a black edge, free, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on dead wood, on stumps or dead coniferous wood, mostly on pine.

The fruiting period takes place from April to March.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 9 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 9 cm (between 3 and 15 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 11 mm (between 5 and 30 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : dark brown cap with scales or streaks at its centre; weak odour; blackish-brown edge of gills; on dead coniferous wood

Pluteus atromarginatus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Pluteus atromarginatus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Pluteus atromarginatus in the forest of Rambouillet



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