Macrocystidia cucumis (Schaeff.:Fr.) Singer
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common name(s) : Cucumber Cap
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Marasmiaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Macrocystidiaceae
synonyms: Naucoria cucumis
edibility : inedible
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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
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| | Above : distribution map of Macrocystidia cucumis in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18