Copper Spike - Chroogomphus rutilus
A large fungus associated with pine trees. The coppery-coloured caps caps are sticky when wet, drying to a smooth surface with a metallic sheen. The gills are deepy decurrent, olive brown and maturing to almost black; the spores are also very dark.
Photograph from top down and in side view, and underneath to show gills and top of stipe. Note habitat and substrate. A spore-print will be helpful.
Has a strong association with pine trees which limits the habitat to pine litter.
August to November.
Frequent and widespread.
occasional
It may be a complex of species
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
04 November 2015
specimen examined by R Iliffe
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
04 November 2015
specimen examined by R Iliffe
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Species profile
- Common names
- Pine Spike-Cap, Copper Spike
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Boletales
- Family:
- Gomphidiaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 02/11/2015 (Stevens, Ron)
- Last record:
- 20/10/2016 (Gould, Jamie)
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