Tricholomopsis rutilans

Plums and Custard

A conspicuous wood-decay mushroom with a yellow cap densely covered in reddish-purple fibrils and scales, and yellow gills. It grows on conifer stumps and logs. It has a mild to radish-like smell and has little food value.

Species profile

Edibility

Not edible

Inedible: First Nature describes it as very bitter. Some older guides list it as edible but poor. Not recommended.

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Habitat

Saprotrophic on conifer stumps and buried roots, mainly spruce and pine; much less often on broadleaf stumps; summer and fall.

Distribution

Throughout Britain and Ireland and across Europe; native to North America; probably introduced in Australia.

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Characteristics

Cap: convex to flat, yellow ground colour densely covered with reddish-purple to purplish-red fibrils and scales, appearing wine-red overall when young. Gills: adnexed, crowded, yellow. Stem: yellow with reddish-purple fibrils or scales. Flesh: pale yellow; odour of rotten pinewood; taste not distinctive to bitter. Spore print: white.