Psathyrella conopilus    (Fr.:Fr.) Ulbr. 

common name(s) : Conical Brittlestem, Cone-capped Agaric 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Coprinaceae  

synonyms: Parasola conopilus, Parasola conopila, Psathyrella subatrata, Agaricus superbus 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Psathyrella conopilea)  

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Psathyrella conopilus
photo gallery of Psathyrella conopilus potential confusions with Psathyrella conopilus toxicity of Psathyrella conopilus genus Psathyrella  

The cap is ochre brown to red brown, conical or bell-shaped; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is whitish, very long and stiff, non rooting, sometimes slightly bulbous, without ring.

The flesh is whitish, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint to non distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are grey brown then tobacco brown with purple shades, adnate-ascending, crowded . The spore print is very dark brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on wood (also on the ground, on rotten buried wood), in parks, gardens, urban woodland, places rich in decayed wood or organic matter, on a rather calcareous soil, with beech.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 14 cm (between 5 and 20 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 5 mm)

Distinctive features : Brown cap always cone-shaped, very hygrophanous, with fine hair near centre when young (use magnifying glass); striate margin when damp; Long and slender stem, white, not deeply rooting

Psathyrella conopilus is quite rare and scattered in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Psathyrella conopilus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Psathyrella conopilus in the forest of Rambouillet



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