Pluteus umbrosus    (Pers.:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Velvet Shield 

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

edibility : discard

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

The cap is brown to pale-brown. The cap surface is not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white, without ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; the odour is unpleasant, of raw potatoes; 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, mostly on beech chips, ash, elm, poplar.

The fruiting period takes place from September to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  height of stem approximately 7 cm (between 3 and 9 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 9 mm (between 4 and 12 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : veined cap; gills with dark brown edge; on dead wood or sawdust

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



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