Myriostoma coliforme (Dicks.:Pers.) Corda |
common name(s) : Pepper Pot
synonyms: Myriostoma coliformis, Geastrum coliformis edibility : inedible
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The fruiting body is star-shaped with 5-12 rays, covered with a brown layer cracking and flaking off to reveal a pale buff layer, with a central spore sac but with several stalks, with pale buff to ochre-brown rays, with multiple, short stems. The fertile surface is internal: the spores are released as dust when mature. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved woods, on sandy soil in warm areas. The fruiting period takes place from September to December.
Myriostoma coliforme is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is very rare, more generally speaking .
page updated on 14/01/18 |