Sulphur Tuft
Sulphur Tuft - Hypholoma fasciculare
Description
A yellow-brown to sulphur yellow mushroom growing in clusters on stumps and logs. The gills are sulphur yellow with a greenish tint, maturing to purple-black.
Similar Species
Hypholoma capnoides (Conifer Tuft) has pale grey gills without a greenish tint.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Stumps and logs of both deciduous and coniferous trees
When to see it
Mainly late summer and autumn.
UK Status
Widespread and abundant (Kibby, Vol. 3, 2021)
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Lostash
Swithland Woods
14 September 2011
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
12 November 2011
Mark Skevington
Bradgate Park
06 November 2010
mature - faded to beige
Graham Calow
Harecroft Crescent Sapcote
30 November 2011
Lostash
Swithland Woods
18 October 2012
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
AJ Cann
Martinshaw
30 September 2017
Spore print
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