Hypholoma capnoides

Hypholoma capnoides[1] is an edible mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. Like its poisonous or suspect relatives H. fasciculare ("sulphur tuft") and H. lateritium ("brick caps"), H. capnoides grows on decaying wood, for example in tufts on old tree stumps.

Hypholoma capnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Strophariaceae
Genus:	Hypholoma
Species:	H. capnoides
Binomial name
Hypholoma capnoides (Fr.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Synonyms
Agaricus capnoides Fr. (1818)

Hypholoma capnoides
float Mycological characteristics
	gills on hymenium
	cap is convex
	hymenium is adnate
	stipe has a ring
	spore print is brown
	ecology is saprotrophic
	edibility: edible but not recommended

Edibility

Though edible,[2] anyone willing to risk eating this mushroom needs to be able to distinguish it from sulphur tuft, which is more common in many areas. H. capnoides has greyish gills due to the dark color of its spores, whereas sulphur tuft has greenish gills. It could also perhaps be confused with the deadly Galerina marginata or the good edible Kuehneromyces mutabilis.[3]

Description

• Cap: Up to 60 mm in diameter with yellow-to-orange-brownish or matt yellow colour.
• 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).[3]

References

1. Kummer P (1871) Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 72.
2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
3. Gerhardt E (2006) BLV Handbuch Pilze. BLV, München. Seite 244. ISBN 3-8354-0053-3.

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