Pale brittlestem
Candolleomyces candolleanus · 白黄小脆柄菇
Common小脆柄菇科❓ Edibility Unknown
Edibility is unknown and should be treated as poisonous.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Cap small, thin, off-white to pale yellowish brown
- Cap margin often hung with white veil fragments
- Clusters in grassland and near buried wood; stem thin and brittle
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 小脆柄菇科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 3–7 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Common
- Habitat
- Buried wood in grassland, near stumps
Easily Confused With
Glistening inkcapCap orange-yellow, bell-shaped, with glistening mica-like granulesFun Fact
Its stem is extremely brittle and snaps at the slightest touch; the cap edge often carries scraps of white veil, like a fringe of tassels.