Vermilion Powdercap

Cystoderma cinnabarinum

Coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests, among mosses. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-6 cm across, rarely larger, finely granular, yellowish, orange-red, red-lead coloured. Gills yellowish-white. Stem 4-8x0.4-1 cm, with a ring, below it the colour of the cap, granular, scaly, near the gills only dotted white. Flesh thin, yellowish, brownish, without a particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: cap and stem granular, rough, yellowish orange-red. Grows singly, rarely in small groups. Edible, but of low value; some mycologists state that it is inedible. Very common.