Species

Hypholoma capnoides (Smoky-gilled hypholoma)

Hypholoma capnoides. Photo: (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Hypholoma capnoides is an edible mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. Like its poisonous or suspect relatives H. fasciculare (“sulphur tuft”) and H. sublateritium (“brick caps”) grows on decaying wood, for example in tufts on old tree stumps. Anyone thinking to eat this mushroom needs to be able to distinguish it from sulphur tuft, which is more common in many areas. H. capnoides has greyish gills due to the dark color of its spores, whereas sulphur tuft has greenish gills….

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Agaricineae
        Family: Strophariaceae
        Genus: Hypholoma
        Species: Hypholoma capnoides (Smoky-gilled hypholoma)

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