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Gymnopus

Gymnopus dryophilus

Description:

Yellow-capped mushroom with concentric regions of dark and light. Somewhat translucent cap. May be 1-2" tall.

Habitat:

Temperate woodland. This fungus grows on detritis, on the ground.

Notes:

Unfortunately, I have no stipe shot. Also, an animal ate some of the cap.

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7 Comments

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 10 years ago

Thank you for all of the info, TheMiesMeister! ID will be updated soon enough.

MichelBeeckman
MichelBeeckman 10 years ago

I don't think it's Hypholoma fasciculare, for H. fasciculare is not hygrophaneous (I don't know if it is the correct term in English). It means that the cap changes color when it dries up. Some Psathyrella and Panaeolus species have this trait. Aswel as Gymnopus dryophilus (formerly known as Collybia dryophilla), the Russet toughshank. (http://www.mycofiel.nl/detail/collybia%2...). It's a very variable species, but it has the hygrophaneous cap and mostly grows under Oak (Quercus sp.) and other deciduous trees.

almost every spotting i haved are groups of them ,but see this one
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173...
:-)

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 10 years ago

Thank you very much for the ID, António; I've updated the ID. I'm just unsure about one thing: I read that sulphur tuft usually grows in bunches. This one was a lone mushroom.

you are welcome Mauna,after another look and after some google image search i now can tell you almost 100% that is a Sulphur tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare,so iam going to suggest you that id :-)

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 10 years ago

Thank you, António! It was almost exactly a year ago that I saw this, so I sadly do not remember the gills. I think the mushroom was in a hard to reach spot so I couldn't check. Maybe this can be simply ID'd as "Hypholoma sp."?

Very nice spotting Mauna,do you remember of seing the gills?if they where heavy brown,its probably a Sulphur tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare,without that info is very dificult to say

mauna Kunzah
Spotted by
mauna Kunzah

NYC, New York, USA

Spotted on Oct 18, 2012
Submitted on Sep 4, 2013

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