Granular cystoderma (Cystoderma granulosum)
- Division: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Agaricaceae (Champignon)
- Genus: Cystoderma (Cystoderma)
- Type: Cystoderma granulosum (Granular cystoderma)
- Agaricus granulosa
- Lepiota granulosa
head granular cystoderm small, 1-5 cm ∅; in young mushrooms – ovoid, convex, with a tucked edge, covered with flakes and “warts”, with a fringed edge; in mature mushrooms – flat-convex or prostrate; the skin of the cap is dry, fine-grained, sometimes wrinkled, reddish or ocher-brown, sometimes with an orange tint, fading.
Records almost free, frequent, with intermediate plates, creamy or yellowish white.
Leg cystoderm granular 2-6 x 0,5-0,9 cm, cylindrical or expanded towards the base, hollow, dry, of the same color with a cap or lilac; above the ring – smooth, lighter, below the ring – granular, with scales. The ring is short-lived, often absent.
Pulp whitish or yellowish, with an unexpressed taste and smell.
Spore powder is white.
Ecology and distribution
Widely distributed throughout Europe and North America. It grows scattered or in groups, mainly in mixed forests, on soil or in moss, from August to October.
Food quality
Conditionally edible mushroom. Use fresh.