Rhodotus palmatus    (Bull.:Fr.) Maire 

common name(s) : Wrinkled Peach 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Dermolomataceae  

synonyms: Pleurotus palmatus 

edibility : inedible

photo gallery of Rhodotus palmatus
photo gallery of Rhodotus palmatus potential confusions with Rhodotus palmatus toxicity of Rhodotus palmatus genus Rhodotus  

The cap is pink to salmon-pink or apricot.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from September to March.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 2 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 12 mm (between 4 and 17 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Rhodotus palmatus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Rhodotus palmatus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Rhodotus palmatus in the forest of Rambouillet



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