Thelephora palmata    (Scop.) Fr. 

common name(s) : Stinking Earthfan 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Incertae sedis/Thelephorales/Thelephoraceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Phylacteria palmata)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with  Thelephora palmata toxicity of Thelephora palmata genus Thelephora  

The fruiting body is coral-shaped, with erect flattened fan-shaped branches, purple-brown.

the odour is unpleasant, of rotten cabbage or garlic.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on the ground, in coniferous woods, with spruce.

The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 4 cm (between 1 and 7 cm)
  total height approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

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



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