Tuberous Tough Shank
(Brown Funnel Polypore)
Description
Less than 1cm: Use magnifying glass.
Cap convex to plane, Ø 3-13 mm, white, with yellow-brown tinge at the centre.
Gills close, white.
Stem 15-25 x 1 mm, white or pale, on a red-brown sclerotium. Flesh white.
Occurrence
Common on mummified agarics (Lactarius and Russula species), or on humus or coarse litter on poor sand or loam. In groups.
Saprophyte.
Related and/or similar species
- Collybia amanitae (without sclerotium)
- Collybia cookei (with ochre yellow sclerotium)