Sheathed woodtuft
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Kuehneromyces mutabilis
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Strophariaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed, Flat
- Stem
- Ring
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Dead wood
- Spore print
- Brown
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its genus name Kuehneromyces honours the French mycologist Robert Kühner.
- Its species name mutabilis means 'changeable', because the colour of its cap shifts as it dries.
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Similar fungi
- Shaggy scalycap
Pholiota squarrosa
- Sulphur tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare
- Verdigris agaric
Stropharia aeruginosa
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q732640 · All fungi · All entries