Sulphur tuft
Hypholoma fasciculare · 簇生垂幕菇
Common球盖菇科⚠️ Poisonous
Reference sources list this as a poisonous mushroom.
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 sulphur-yellow, faintly orange-brown at the center
- Gills yellow at first, aging to grayish green then purplish black
- Densely clustered on rotten wood and stumps
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 球盖菇科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 2–7 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Common
- Habitat
- Stumps and buried wood, in dense clumps
Easily Confused With
Honey fungusHoney fungus has white gills and a ring; sulphur tuft's gills go from yellow-green to purple-black and it has no true ring.
Brick capBrick cap has a brick-red cap and grey gills; sulphur tuft is sulphur-yellow with yellow-green gills.
Flowerpot parasolSulphur tuft grows in dense clumps on stumps with a smooth cap; the flowerpot parasol has a powdery, scaly surface and grows singly in potting soil.Fun Fact
Its sulfur-yellow clusters can be found nearly year-round and taste intensely bitter; it's often mistaken for honey fungus and picked by mistake, making it a common cause of poisoning in Europe.