Brick Cap (sulphur tuft relative)

Description:

This fall mushroom can be found growing in tight clusters on hardwood stumps and logs. It is fairly easily recognized by its habitat, its brick-red cap with a paler cap margin, its purple-gray gills, and the way the stem often bruises and stains yellow. If you can catch Hypholoma sublateritium when it's still very young, you can see its partial veil, which mycologists call "submembranous," looking like a cross between a cortina and a more substantial veil ( http://www.mushroomexpert.com/hypholoma_... ) Hypholoma sublateritium is widely distributed, and in some areas is called the "brick cap."

Habitat:

location: North America, Europe edibility: Poisonous/Suspect fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown normal size: 5-15cm cap type: Convex to shield shaped spore colour: Purplish to black habitat: Grows on wood Hypholoma sublateritium (Fr.) Quél. Syn. Naemateloma sublateritium (Fr.) Kar. Ziegelroter Schwefelkopf Hypholome presque brique Bricks Caps. Cap 3–10cm across, convex, brick red to reddish-brown at centre on ochraceous ground often with fibrillose remnants of veil towards margin. Stem 50–180 x 5–12mm, pale yellow near the apex becoming ochre brown towards the base, and with a cortinal zone near the apex. Flesh pale yellowish, reddish-brown towards stem base. Taste bitter, smell mushroomy. Gills pale yellowish becoming olive-brown. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, hair-like. Pleurocystidia clavate with beak-like apex. Spore print purplish-brown. Spores elliptic with an indistinct pore, 6–7 x 3–4.5um. Habitat stumps of deciduous trees. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe ( http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/D... )

Notes:

This large species [of Hypholoma] is best identified by its size, the lack of green in the gills, and the distinct brick-rep cap color. The cap is convex and the stem fibrous and pale yellow at the top, reddish brown at the base. The yellow to reddish brown flesh has a pleasant odor and a nutty flavor when cooked. Occurrence On deciduous stumps or roots, in woodland or parks. Widespread in eastern North America and other northern temperate zones. Dimensions Cap 5-10 cm, Stem 5-10 cm, Spores: Purplish brown, Edibility: Yes ( http://blog.mycology.cornell.edu/?p=27 )--> nice site about the edibly of this fungi