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Cystolepiota seminuda

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Species of fungus

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

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

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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Taxon identifiers
Cystolepiota seminuda
Agaricus seminudus


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