Cystolepiota seminuda

Cystolepiota seminuda is an inedible, common mushroom of the genus Cystolepiota. It can be found on humus, often along forest roads.

Cystolepiota seminuda
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C. seminuda
Binomial name
Cystolepiota seminuda
(Lasch) Bon 1976

Description

The cap is convex to bell shaped; white, evenly grainy, often with a fringed margin and up to 2 cm in diameter. The gills are white and crowded, with white spores. The stem is white, turning slightly purple when bruised, flaky and grainy.

The underside of the mushroom

References

  • E. Garnweidner. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. Collins. 1994.


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