Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis in a dry state
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Kuehneromyces
Binomial name
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
(Schaeff.) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1946)
Synonyms[1]

Pholiota mutabilis (Schaeff.) P.Kumm. (1871)
Dryophila mutabilis (Schaeff.) Quél. (1886)
Galerina mutabilis (Schaeff.) P.D.Orton (1960)

Kuehneromyces mutabilis
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnexed
stipe has a ring
spore print is brown
ecology is saprotrophic

edibility: edible

but not recommended

Kuehneromyces mutabilis (synonym: Pholiota mutabilis), commonly known as the sheathed woodtuft, is an edible fungus which grows in clumps on tree stumps or other dead wood. A few other species have been described in the genus Kuehneromyces, but K. mutabilis is by far the most common and best known.

Description

Range

Kuehneromyces mutabilis is found in Australia, Asia (in the Caucuses, Siberia, and Japan), North America, and Europe. In Europe, it can be found from Southern Europe to Iceland and Scandinavia.

Edibility and possibility of confusion

The caps of this mushroom can be fried or used for flavouring in sauces and soups (the stems being considered too tough to eat).

K. mutabilis cannot be recommended as an edible mushroom as there is a real possibility that it could be confused with the deadly poisonous Galerina marginata, even by people who are quite knowledgeable. Although a typical K. mutabilis is easily distinguished from a typical G. marginata by the "booted" stipe which is shaggy below the ring (see photos), this character is not reliable and G. marginata can also have scales. The main differences are:

Galerina marginata (poisonous)
Kuehneromyces mutabilis

References

  1. "Kuehneromyces mutabilis (Schaeff.) Singer & A.H. Sm. 1946". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

External links

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