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

Cystoderma granulosum3 Mushroom
Ref No: 7648
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Orange
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 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.

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