Cystoderma granulosum (Fr.) Fayod Cap 1-5cm across, convex; brick red to deep red-brown; surface granular-warty. Gills crowded, adnate; white. Stem 20-60 x 3-6mm; of same color as cap; sheathed up to ring with mealy granular coating, smooth above ring; ring slight, soon vanishing. Flesh white. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, nonamyloid, 3.5-5 x 2-3µ. Deposit white. Habitat on soil or moss in mixed woods. Widely distributed throughout North America. Season August-October. Not edible. |