Macrocystidia cucumis    (Schaeff.:Fr.) Singer 

common name(s) : Cucumber Cap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Macrocystidiaceae  

synonyms: Naucoria cucumis 

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Macrocystidia cucumis toxicity of Macrocystidia cucumis genus Macrocystidia  

The cap is blackish-brown to reddish-brown, hygrophanous, drying to ochraceous.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is red ochre to orange brown (pinkish white for some collections). This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from June to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 0.8 and 7 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 1 and 6 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Macrocystidia cucumis is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Macrocystidia cucumis in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Macrocystidia cucumis in the forest of Rambouillet



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