Plums and Custard Tricholomopsis rutilans (Schaeffer) Singer    
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Agaricomycetes   >   Order Agaricales   >   Family Tricholomataceae   >   Genus Tricholomopsis   

Status:

Found scattered or in groups on decaying conifers, especially pines.

Description:

Cap: Yellow base color with red/purplish-red scales/fibers; dry; convex, disc depressed (nearly flat in age); flesh pale yellow, thick. Gills: Yellow, close. Stalk: Yellow ground color with red or purple-red scales/fibers; dry; cylindrical, often curved; may be hollow in age (J. Solem, pers. comm.).

There are 14 records in the project database.

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Plums and Custard found growing on a dead Loblolly Pine stump in Wicomico Co., Maryland (10/14/2014). Photo by Lance Biechele. (MBP list)

Plums and Custard (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2008). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Plums and Custard (cap and gills) in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2008). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Plums and Custard in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2008). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Plums and Custard in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2008). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores of Plums and Custard in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2008). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Plums and Custard specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (10/10/2008). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)


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