Cap: 1-4 cm diameter, convex, surface fibrillose-scaly uplifted, with pointed or pyramid-shaped scales, yellowish orange at the disc and light yellow toward the margin. Hymenophore: Adnate and sub-distant gills, white. Stem: 2-5 cm long and 0.2-0.5 cm wide, equal, with a slightly widened base, surface fibrillose-scaly, light yellow. Ring: In the middle of the stem, movable, fibrillose and white. Flesh: Yellowish. Spore Print: White.
Cyptotrama asprata (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns 1980
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Agaricus aspratus Berk. 1847 |
synonym | Armillaria asprata (Berk.) Petch 1910 |
synonym | Lepiota asprata (Berk.) Sacc. 1887 |
synonym | Xerula asprata (Berk.) Aberdeen 1962 |
synonym | Xerulina asprata (Berk.) Pegler 1972 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
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📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Comments
Despite its small size, this species is easily recognized by the characteristic cap surface and the stem which has pointed or pyramid-shaped scales that detach easily when the fruit bodies are handled. It can also be identified by its orange and yellow colour of the fruit bodies and pure white gills..
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
On decaying wood and solitary to scattered.
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
Inedible
Mata, M, Penjor, Dawa & Pradhan, Sabitra. Fungi of Bhutan. Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Department of Agiculutre, National Mushroom Centre, Semtokha. 2010
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Fungi |
Phylum | Basidiomycota |
Class | Agaricomycetes |
Order | Agaricales |
Family | Physalacriaceae |
Genus | Cyptotrama |
Species | Cyptotrama asprata (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns 1980 |
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