Stropharia coronilla    (Bull.:Fr.) Quél. 

common name(s) : Garland Roundhead, Crowned Roundhead 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Strophariaceae  

synonyms: Psilocybe coronilla, Geophylla coronilla, Stropharia obturata, Hypholoma coronillum 

edibility : poisonous

photo gallery of Stropharia coronilla
photo gallery of Stropharia coronilla potential confusions with Stropharia coronilla toxicity of Stropharia coronilla genus Stropharia  

The cap is whitish to ochre tawny-brown, hemispherical then convex, regular; its margin is with veil flakes. The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky in wet weather.

The stem is whitish, with a membranous striate ring.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is radish-like; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white then purple grey to purple then black, emarginate to adnate, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 17 ). The spore print is purple brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, in parks, lawns, grassland.

The fruiting period takes place from April to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 1.5 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 6 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 7 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Distinctive features : ochre-yellow, small size cap; striate membranous ring; purple to black gills; in parks and lawns

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



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