''Hypholoma capnoides'' is an edible mushroom in the family

Strophariaceae The Strophariaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Under an older classification, the family covered 18 genera and 1316 species. The species of Strophariaceae have red-brown to dark brown spore prints, while the spores themselves a ...

. Like its poisonous or suspect relatives '' H. fasciculare'' ("sulphur tuft") and '' H. lateritium'' ("brick caps"), ''H. capnoides'' grows in clusters on decaying wood, for example in tufts on old tree stumps, in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Edibility

Though edible, the poisonous sulphur tuft is more common in many areas. ''H. capnoides'' has greyish

gills A gill () is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide. The gills of some species, such as hermit crabs, have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are ...

due to the dark color of its

spores In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, ...

, whereas sulphur tuft has greenish gills. It could also perhaps be confused with the deadly ''

Galerina marginata ''Galerina marginata'', known colloquially as funeral bell, deadly skullcap, autumn skullcap or deadly galerina, is a species of extremely poisonous mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae of the order Agaricales. It contains th ...

'' or the good edible '' Kuehneromyces mutabilis''.Gerhardt E (2006) ''BLV Handbuch Pilze.'' BLV, München. Seite 244. .

Description

*Cap: Up to 6 cm in diameter with yellow-to-orange-brownish or matt yellow colour, sometimes viscid. *Gills: Initially pale orangish-yellow, pale grey when mature, later darker purple/brown. *Spore powder: Dark burgundy/brown. *Stipe: Yellowish, somewhat rust-brown below. *Taste: Mild (other ''Hypholomas'' mostly have a bitter taste).

References

* Most content from up to March 2020 taken from the German page. {{Taxonbar, from=Q1543695 Edible fungi capnoides Fungi described in 1818 Fungi of Europe Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries