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Sulphur Tuft

Poisonous

Poisonous
Autumn

Autumn
Spring

Spring
Summer

Summer
Winter

Winter

A very common Autumn mushroom you’ll see on every foray in the woods.

Mushroom Type
Common Names

Sulphur Tuft (EN), Torth Felen (CY), Maślanka Wiązkowa (PL), Sárga Kénvirággomba (HU)

Scientific Name

Hypholoma fasciculare

Season Start

All

Season End

All

Average Mushroom height (CM)

3-8

Average Cap width (CM)

2-6

Cap

2-6 cm. Conical. Sulphur yellow paling towards the edge aging to yellow/brown. Slight remains of veil often left hanging from the edges.

Gills

Gills sulphur yellow becoming olive/green/brown and darkening. Notched (sinuate) and crowded.

Stem

3-8 cm long, 0.3-0.8 cm diameter. Sulphur yellow, darker at the base, pale towards the cap. Usually curved as the stem tends to start growing horizontally from a tree stump.

Flesh

Cream to yellow.

Habitat

Grows on most types of tree stumps in large clusters.

Possible Confusion

With the dirty olive coloured gills it should be an easy to identify mushroom although being yellow, it is occasionally identified as a Chanterelle (Cantherellus friesii, pictured) by novice foragers.

Spore Print

Purple/brown. Ellipsoid. You should scrape your spores into a small pile to get an accurate spore colour.

Taste / Smell

Very bitter.

Frequency

Very common.

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