Tubaria furfuracea

Scurfy Twiglet

A small cinnamon-brown mushroom that fades as it dries and often has white veil flecks on the cap margin. It grows on woody debris, wood chips and twigs, often in cool seasons. It is easily confused with deadly Galerina species.

Species profile

Edibility

Not edible

Not recommended: too small to be worthwhile and easily confused with deadly Galerina marginata (amatoxins), which has a darker rusty-brown spore print and often a ring zone. Do not collect small brown mushrooms from wood for food.

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Habitat

Saprotrophic on woody debris, wood chips, twigs and buried wood, also in gardens and along paths; often in fall, winter and spring.

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Characteristics

Cap: small, convex to flat or slightly depressed, hygrophanous, cinnamon to rusty brown when moist, fading to tan; margin with white fibrillose veil remnants when young. Gills: adnate to slightly decurrent, fairly distant, cinnamon-brown. Stem: thin, brownish, with white fibrils toward the base; no persistent ring. Spore print: pale brown.