Pluteus petasatus    (Fr.) Gillet 

common name(s) : Scaly Shield 

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

synonyms: Pluteus curtisii ss.Sing., Pluteus patricius ss.Sing., Pluteus pellitus ss.Rick. 

edibility : edible

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

The cap is white, pale grey to pale ochre.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from May to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 11 cm (between 3 and 20 cm)
  height of stem approximately 12 cm (between 5 and 20 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 15 mm (between 7 and 30 mm)


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



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