Cystoderma granulosum (Granular Powdercap)

Cystoderma granulosum

Coniferous, less often deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-5 (6) cm across, flattened, with an umbo, granular, wrinkled in the middle, finely scaly, orange-brown, brownish-red; the margins with a ragged fringe of the partial veil. Gills narrow, crowded, white, later yellowish, adnate. Stem 4-8x0.3-0.8 cm, with a ring, paler above it, only dotted, and below the ring fibrous, scaly, brownish-pink. Flesh yellowish, without a particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies reddish-brown, redder than those of the Vermilion Powdercap. Grows singly or a few fruiting bodies together, among mosses. Edible, but of low value; some mycologists state that it is inedible.