Mycenastrum corium    (Guers.) Desv. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Agaricaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Mycenastraceae  
(unconfirmed synonyms: Geaster corium, Lycoperdon corium)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Mycenastrum corium toxicity of Mycenastrum corium genus Mycenastrum  

The fruiting body is globular to sphere-shaped, hollow, later opening into a star-shape, grey-white to beige, without stem.

The fertile surface is. The spore print is dark brown.

It grows on the ground, on sandy ground, rubble, gardens, pastures.

The fruiting period takes place from June to October.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 10 cm (between 0 and 20 cm)
  total height approximately 8 cm (between 5 and 10 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Mycenastrum corium is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Mycenastrum corium in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Mycenastrum corium in the forest of Rambouillet



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