Russet Toughshank - Gymnopus dryophilus
Cap is tawny or yellow-brown, gills are white and crowded, and almost free. Paler when dry. Stipe is paler at top, tomentose and with white hyphal cords at base of stem.
There are several similar Gymnopus species
This is hard to identify from a photo, and we recommend that it is verified by an expert before submission to NatureSpot. Also photograph from top down, in side view and underneath showing gills, note habitat and substrate.
Woodland of all types.
Summer and autumn.
Widespread and quite common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
steven lewis
Belvoir lakes
04 October 2019
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
16 October 2019
det T Hering
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
05 November 2011
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
04 November 2019
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Species profile
- Common names
- Russet Toughshank, Penny Top
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Omphalotaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 18/09/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 04/11/2019 (Nicholls, David)
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