Cystoderma carcharias (Pers.:Fr.) Fayod
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common name(s) : Pearly Powdercap
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricoideae/Agaricaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Dermolomataceae
synonyms: Lepiota carcharias
edibility : inedible
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The cap is white to pink, with a central umbo.
The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.
The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is unpleasant, earthy;
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are adnate, crowded .
The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic.
It grows on the ground.
The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 4 cm (between 1 and 7 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 2.7 and 8 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 7 mm (between 3 and 10 mm) |
Chemical tests : cap turning brownish when in contact with potash (KOH).
Distinctive features : whitish to pinkish cap; margin with white hanging veil remnants; membranous funnel-shaped ring; mealy-granular cap and stem; unpleasant earthy odour
Cystoderma carcharias is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Cystoderma carcharias in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18