Cystoderma jasonis    (Cooke & Massee) Harmaja 

common name(s) : Pine Powdercap 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricoideae/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Tricholomatales/Dermolomataceae  

synonyms: Cystoderma longisporum, Cystoderma amianthinum-longisporum, Cystoderma amianthinum-sublongisporum 

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Cystoderma jasonis toxicity of Cystoderma jasonis genus Cystoderma  

The cap is ochre-buff to rust-ochre, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is white to ochre (in the stem), unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is pleasant, faint to mealy; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, with spruce.

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 2 cm (between 0.5 and 3.5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 4 mm (between 2 and 6 mm)

Distinctive features : gills never white, banded stem

Cystoderma jasonis is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Cystoderma jasonis in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Cystoderma jasonis in the forest of Rambouillet



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