Sheathed woodtuft
Kuehneromyces mutabilis · 毛柄库恩菇
Occasional球盖菇科🔥 Edible With Preparation
Sources report it requires expert processing before it can be eaten; cases of poisoning from improper handling have been recorded.
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 two-toned: dark brown at center, pale yellow at margin, more pronounced when wet
- Lower stem finely scaled brown; upper stem with a ring
- Clusters on hardwood 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
- 3–7 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Occasional
- Habitat
- Hardwood stumps, in dense clumps
Easily Confused With
Funeral bellSheathed woodtuft has small brown scales on the lower stem and a two-toned cap; funeral bell has a smooth stem with a membranous ring.
Honey fungusCap honey-yellow to brown, with fine scales at the centerFun Fact
It looks almost identical to the deadly funeral bell and often grows on the very same log; European foraging guides single out this pair as the most dangerous case of mistaken identity.