Sulphur tuft
A very common Autumn mushroom you’ll see on every foray in the woods.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Sulphur Tuft (EN), Torth Felen (CY), Maślanka Wiązkowa (PL), Sárga Kénvirággomba (HU) |
| Scientific Name | Hypholoma fasciculare |
| Season Start | All |
| Season End | All |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 3-8 |
Cap:
2-6 cm. Conical. Sulphur yellow paling towards the edge aging to yellow/brown. Slight remains of veil often left hanging from the edges.
Gills:
Gills sulphur yellow becoming olive/green/brown and darkening. Notched (sinuate) and crowded.
Stem:
3-8 cm long, 0.3-0.8 cm diameter. Sulphur yellow, darker at the base, pale towards the cap. Usually curved as the stem tends to start growing horizontally from a tree stump.
Flesh:
Cream to yellow.
Habitat:
Grows on most types of tree stumps in large clusters.
Spore Print:
Purple/brown. Ellipsoid. You should scrape your spores into a small pile to get an accurate spore colour.
Taste / Smell:
Very bitter.
Frequency:
Very common.
Sulphur tufts are bioluminescent, that is they glow in the dark! They don’t glow strongly, so the effect is best seen using a long camera exposure, or by shining the fruit bodies with a UV light.