Collibia Azema (Rhodocollybia Butyracea)

Systematics:
  • Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
  • Family: Omphalotaceae (Omphalotaceae)
  • Genus: Rhodocollybia (Rhodocollybia)
  • Type: Rhodocollybia Butyracea (Kollybia Azema)
  • Collybia Butyracea var. Station
  • Rhodocollybia Butyracea var. Station

The current name is (according to Species Fungorum).

Collibia Azema looks very original. It may have a flat hat or with the edges turned down, depending on the age of the mushrooms. When they are fully ripe, they open up more and more. It is very oily and shiny. The plates are light, almost white. A medium-sized hat can be up to 6 centimeters. The leg is thickened especially from below, about 6 centimeters long, the mushroom looks quite powerful.

Collect mushrooms like Collibia Azema best until mid-autumn from the end of summer, best found on acidic soils, can be found in almost any leaf.

This mushroom is very similar to oily collibia, which can also be eaten. They are so similar that some even prefer to combine them into one mushroom and consider them the same, but there are still some differences. Oily is larger and has a darker cap.

NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES

Edible.

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