Sulphur tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Hypholoma fasciculare
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Strophariaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed
- Stem
- Ring
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Habitat
- Dead wood
- Spore print
- Purple-brown
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its genus name Hypholoma means 'web fringe' in Greek, after veil remnants on the cap edge.
- It is poisonous and can cause severe stomach upset.
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Similar fungi
- Shaggy scalycap
Pholiota squarrosa
- Verdigris agaric
Stropharia aeruginosa
- Sheathed woodtuft
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q752507 · All fungi · All entries