Appearance
The cap is usually between 2 and 5 cm in diameter, convex to bell-shaped, and later flat with a slight depression around a low umbo. It is dry and powdery, often with a shaggy or fringed margin, and is saffron yellow or orange-ochre. The stem is cylindrical, and has a flaky-granular sheath beneath a fleeting, powdery ring. The gills are white initially, and become creamy later. They are adnexed, and initially quite crowded. The spore print is white. The flesh is thin and yellowish, with an unpleasant mouldy smell.A very similar form with a markedly radially wrinkled cap, has been separated by some authors, and given the binomial "Cystoderma rugoso-reticulatum".
"Cystodermella granulosa", and "Cystodermella cinnabarina" are both redder as a rule, and have adnate gills.
Distribution
" Cystoderma amianthinum" is widespread in Europe and North America, and common in northern temperate zones. It occurs in mossy woodland, on heaths, amongst grass or bracken, and sometimes with willow. It is often found on acidic soils.
Habitat
" Cystoderma amianthinum" is widespread in Europe and North America, and common in northern temperate zones. It occurs in mossy woodland, on heaths, amongst grass or bracken, and sometimes with willow. It is often found on acidic soils.References:
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