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| synonyms: Pleurote rutilant, Plums and Custard, Rötlicher Holzritterling, Tricolome rutilant |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: Yellow, Violet or purple |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Distinctly scaly |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on wood |
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Tricholomopsis rutilans (Schaeff. ex Fr.) Sing. syn. Tricholoma rutilans (Schaeff. ex Fr.) Kummer. Rötlicher Holzritterling Tricolome rutilant, Pleurote rutilant Plums and Custard. Cap 4–12cm across, convex to bell-shaped when expanded often with a low broad umbo, yellow densely covered in reddish-purple downy tufts or scales, more densely covered at the centre. Stem 35–55 x 10–15mm, yellow covered in fine downy purplish scales like the cap but to a much lesser extent; no mycelial strands. Flesh pale yellow or cream. Taste watery, smell like rotten wood. Gills rich egg-yellow. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, voluminous, 20–30um wide. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid, 6–8.5 x 4–5um. Habitat on and around conifer stumps. Season late summer to late autumn. Very common. Considered edible by some but not recommended. Distribution, America and Europe. |
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