SCIENTIFIC NAME: CYSTODERMA AMIANTHIMUM
VERNACULAR NAME: EARTHY POWDERCAP

Fig 1
CAP 3-5cm in diameter.  Yellow to orange-brown starting domed with powdery granules covering the surface becoming flattened with wavy edges with no granular covering.  The surface dries paler and the edges have a tattered appearance.  Often radially wrinkled.
STIPE The stem is equal and has an easily removed ring.  Brownish in colour with yellowish granules covering the lower part.
GILLS/PORES Gills are creamy white, crowded and adnate.
FLESH White becoming yellowish with smell of freshly mown hay.
SPORES Off-white, ellipsoid.
HABITAT Open grassland, parks, gardens and dense woodland.
SEASON Common.  Late summer to late autumn.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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