– Cap convex to flat, yellow to yellow-brown with a darker centre, when young with thin veil remnants along the margin.
– Gills yellow-white when young, becoming smoky grey with a violet tone with age.
– Stem yellow-white, darker towards the base, often with thin veil remnants near the top that are stained black by the spores.
– Flesh yellow-white, with a mild taste reminiscent of fresh green peas.
Hypholomatoid agarics
Conifer Tuft
Hypholoma capnoides
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows in dense clusters on decayed stumps and logs of conifers in coniferous and mixed forest, rarely also found on birch.
Notes
Good edible mushroom, but use only the caps and the upper part of the stem, as the lower part often becomes woody in consistency.
Similar species
Hypholoma fasciculare is similar but has a bitter taste and yellow-green gills, poisonous. H. lateritium has a bitter taste and a brick-red cap, poisonous. Flammula alnicola has a yellower cap and brown spore print, not poisonous but inedible.
