Stropharia semiglobata (Batsch:Fr.) Quél.
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common name(s) : Dung Roundhead
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Strophariaceae
synonyms: Protostropharia semiglobata, Psilocybe semiglobata, Hypholoma semiglobatum, Stropharia stercoraria, Stropharia semiglobata-stercoraria
edibility : inedible
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The cap is pale yellow to greenish.
The cap surface is smooth, viscid or sticky.
The stem is dull yellow to whitish, with a ring zone.
The flesh is ochraceous cream, orange yellow towards stem base, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are purple then purple grey then black, adnate, crowded .
The spore print is purple brown. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on the ground.
The fruiting period takes place from April to December.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 6 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 8 cm (between 2 and 12 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 7 mm) |
Chemical tests : none.
Distinctive features : Ochre to cream, slimy cap; stem with ephemeral ring or ring zone; mealy smell and taste; on dung or very rich soil
Stropharia semiglobata is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Stropharia semiglobata in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18