Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare (Huds.) P.Kumm.

Also called: sulfur tuft

Safety first

This mushroom is listed as poisonous. Eating it can make you seriously ill.

Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.

Edibility

Poisonous Source: Wikipedia: Hypholoma fasciculare

Classification from Wikipedia: Hypholoma fasciculare. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.

Photos

Photo: kdcs. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: kdcs. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Kevin Krebs. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Annette Herz. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

The highlighted bar is the current month.

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Recorded observations of Sulphur Tuft by month
Month	Records
January	239
February	86
March	40
April	57
May	71
June	75
July	100
August	159
September	206
October	507
November	359
December	258

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

California 821 records · Foraging rules
British Columbia 212 records · Foraging rules
Washington 137 records · Foraging rules
Oregon 124 records · Foraging rules
North Carolina 61 records · Foraging rules
Tennessee 48 records · Foraging rules
Pennsylvania 44 records · Foraging rules
Virginia 37 records · Foraging rules
Florida 33 records · Foraging rules
New York 33 records · Foraging rules
West Virginia 27 records · Foraging rules
Maryland 26 records · Foraging rules
Illinois 24 records · Foraging rules
Georgia 24 records · Foraging rules
Indiana 23 records · Foraging rules

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Wyoming22 records
Texas21 records
Idaho17 records
Alaska16 records
Louisiana14 records
Ohio14 records
New Jersey12 records
South Carolina12 records
Colorado10 records
Quebec9 records
Alabama8 records
Connecticut8 records
Oklahoma7 records
Arizona7 records
Utah6 records
Mississippi6 records
Manitoba5 records
Wisconsin5 records
Massachusetts5 records
District of Columbia5 records
Montana4 records
Missouri4 records
Michigan4 records
Ontario4 records
Kentucky3 records
Rhode Island3 records
Arkansas3 records
Vermont3 records
New Hampshire2 records
Maine2 records
Alberta1 records
Iowa1 records
Kansas1 records
Minnesota1 records
Prince Edward Island1 records
Delaware1 records

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Identification traits

Cap shape	convex
Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	gills
Ecology	saprotrophic
Stem features	ring
Spore print color	purple-brown

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Hypholoma fasciculare, commonly known as the sulphur tuft or clustered woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom, often in evidence when hardly any other mushrooms are to be found. This saprotrophic small gill fungus grows prolifically in large clumps on stumps, dead roots or rotting trunks of broadleaved trees. The "sulphur tuft" is bitter and poisonous; consuming it can cause vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.

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