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

Cystolepiota seminuda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Cystolepiota
Species:
C. seminuda
Binomial name
Cystolepiota seminuda
(Lasch) Bon 1976

Description edit

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 edit

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

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