Pluteus thomsonii    (Berk. & Broome) Dennis 

common name(s) : Veined Shield 

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

synonyms: Pluteus cinereus 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with  Pluteus thomsonii toxicity of Pluteus thomsonii genus Pluteus  

The cap is dark brown, greyish-brown. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is whitish, without ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then pink, free, crowded . The spore print is pink. This species is saprophytic. It grows on dead wood.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.7 and 3.5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3 cm (between 1.5 and 4 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 5 mm)

Distinctive features : veined cap; white stem

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



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