| Added on 31/12/2011 | Fungi |
Hypholoma fasciculare
Common Name(s): Sulphur Tuft
This is a very common fungus which commonly grows in clusters around the dead and decaying stumps of most coniferous/ broad leaved trees. The adjacent picture shows the fungus feeding upon a dead Pine stump. The fruiting bodies normally emerge in Autumn.
The cap of the fruiting bodies are small (30-40mm), light brown in colour with a distinctive darker centre (peak). They can be confused with the toad stools of young emerging Honey Fungus, but the mature cap of the Honey Fungus is larger and irregularly shaped. More importantly, Honey Fungus have a distinctive ring under the cap on the stalk while Sulphur Tuft does not.
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