Brown roll rim
Paxillus involutus
Deadly poisonous. Even a small piece can kill: never pick it to eat.
This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Paxillus involutus
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Paxillaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Dipped, Funnel
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Brown
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The German mycologist Julius Schäffer died in 1944 after being poisoned by it, which helped reveal its dangerous immune reaction.
- Its Latin name involutus means rolled in, after the cap edge that curls inwards.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q518069 · All fungi · All entries