Pluteus phlebophorus    (Ditmar:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Wrinkled Shield, Veined Pluteus 

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

synonyms: Pluteus chrysophaeus ss.Kühn. 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Pluteus phlebophorous)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Pluteus phlebophorus toxicity of Pluteus phlebophorus genus Pluteus  

The cap is dark chestnut-brown, red-brown to yellow-brown, ochre-brown when drying.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1.5 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 9 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


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



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