Hypholoma capnoides

This is a key to gilled mushrooms, that is, mushrooms having a definite cap with a fertile surface consisting of gills. The fruiting body usually also has a stem, although that may be lateral or absent (usually, then, the mushroom is growing from wood). You can use this key to identify mushrooms that you find.

Fruiting body containing fibers (usually in the stalk)

Growing in dense clusters, often of very many mushrooms, on wood
Cap usually 1-2" across; sometimes strongly colored; not as fragile as Psathyrella
Gills smoky (black in age) or greenish yellow

Growing in dense clusters, often of very many mushrooms, on wood
Cap usually 1-2" across; sometimes strongly colored; not as fragile as Psathyrella
Gills smoky (black in age) or greenish yellow

Hypholoma capnoides     (Fries) Karsten

Here are the characters that distinguish this species from the others in its group. For its more general characters, see higher up on the page.
If there's just a few words or a microscopic feature here, a more thorough description can be found above.

Diagnosis

• Cap a warm, biscuity brown to yellow brown
  
• Gills smoky
  
• Taste mild
  
• Growing on conifer wood

Microscropic Characters

• Spores 6-7.5 x 3.5-4.5 µm

 

 

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