Hypholoma sublateritium
Common Name: Brick Tops
Synonyms: Naematoloma sublateritium
Substrate: Wood
Location: Hardwood Forests
Spore Color: Purplish Brown
Gill Color: Whitish to Grayish to Purplish-gray
Comments:
You will usually find these mushrooms growing in clusters on hardwood stumps. First look for the brick-red color that is the common namesake of the mushroom. If there is a veil, it will look like a cobwebby cortina similar to the genus Cortinarius. A descent edible when very young.
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11/13/11 - Leonard Springs Nature Preserve - Bloomington, IN
10/27/12 - Leonard Springs - Bloomington, IN