Hypholoma fasciculare (Sulphur Tuft)
Family
Strophariaceae
Location
North America, Europe
Dimensions
Cap 2-7 cm diameter, 4-10 cm tall * 0.5-1 cm diameter
Edibility
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Description
Hypholoma fasciculare, also known as the Sulphur Tuft Mushroom, is a medium-sized agaric characterized by its greenish-yellow gills and tendency to cluster on dead wood.

Cap convex, sulphur-yellow, with a darker orange centre. It expands with age, appearing smooth but with velar remnants attached to the margin. The flesh is sulphur-yellow, firm, and of moderate consistency. Gills crowded, adnate, initially sulphur yellow, becoming olive-green and progressively blackening as the spores ripen. Stem is more or less similarly coloured as the cap, but it is darker brown towards the base. The ring is zone-like, faint, and with maturity same colour as spores. Spore print purple brown.

Microscopic Features: The spores are ellipsoidal, smooth, measuring 6-7.8 x 4-4.5μm, and feature a small germ pore.

Hypholoma fasciculare on the First Nature Web site.
Hypholoma fasciculare on the MushroomExpert.Com Web site.

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