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Cystoderma amianthinum.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Amiant-Körnchenschirmling, Cystoderme Amiantacé, Powdercap
Cystoderma amianthinum 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7642
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Cystoderma amianthinum ([Scop.] Fr.) Fayod syn. Lepiota amianthina ([Scop.] Fr.) Karst. Amiant-Körnchenschirmling Cystoderme Amiantacé Earthy Powdercap. Cap 2–5cm across, bell-shaped at first expanding to flattened convex, bright ochre-yellow with mealy surface often becoming indistinctly radially wrinkled with age. Stem 30–50 x 4–8mm, concolorous with cap and mealy-granular below the short-lived ring. Flesh thin, yellowish. Gills crowded, white at first becoming creamy yellow. Spore print white. Spores elliptic, amyloid, 5–7 x 3–4um. Cap cuticle turns red-brown with KOH. Habitat on heaths, or in coniferous woodland. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Found In Europe.

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