Deadly conecap
Pholiotina rugosa · 皱锥盖伞
Rare粪锈伞科☠️ Deadly Poisonous
Reference sources describe this as highly toxic, with recorded fatalities.
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
- Small, cap honey-yellow to rusty brown, bell-shaped
- Stem with a membranous ring, distinguishing it from other small brown mushrooms
- Grows in wood chips, lawns, and flower beds
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 粪锈伞科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Grassland
- How Big
- 1–3 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Rare
- Habitat
- Lawns and wood-chip mulch
Easily Confused With
Fairy ring champignonFairy ring champignon has no ring and sparse white gills; deadly conecap has a membranous ring and rusty-brown gills.
Glistening inkcapGlistening inkcap has a cap dusted with glittering granules, dissolves when mature and has no ring; deadly conecap has a ring and doesn't dissolve.Fun Fact
An unremarkable little lawn mushroom that carries the very same amatoxins as the death cap — a reminder that 'small mushrooms are harmless' is simply wrong.
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