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Golden-Scruffy Collybia - Cyptotrama asprata Sorry for the poor quality photos! These mushrooms were tiny &ndash; maybe 1 cm diameter caps.<br /> <br /> Cap: Yellow with some darker scales(?)<br /> Gills: Pale yellow; widely spaced; decurrent<br /> Stem: Curved; yellow; scaly<br /> Habitat: Growing on rotten wood in a mixed, but mostly deciduous forest with lots of oak<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87871/golden-scruffy_collybia_-_cyptotrama_asprata.html" title="Golden-Scruffy Collybia - Cyptotrama asprata"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/87871_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=S6oC0zYLQ6tw6FjIYarpPbjvbS0%3D" width="200" height="166" alt="Golden-Scruffy Collybia - Cyptotrama asprata Sorry for the poor quality photos! These mushrooms were tiny &ndash; maybe 1 cm diameter caps.<br /> <br /> Cap: Yellow with some darker scales(?)<br /> Gills: Pale yellow; widely spaced; decurrent<br /> Stem: Curved; yellow; scaly<br /> Habitat: Growing on rotten wood in a mixed, but mostly deciduous forest with lots of oak<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87870/golden-scruffy_collybia_-_cyptotrama_asprata.html Cyptotrama asprata,Geotagged,Golden-scruffy collybia,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> Cyptotrama,Cyptotrama asprata,Geotagged,Golden-scruffy collybia,Summer,United States,fungus,mushroom,yellow mushrooms Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Golden-Scruffy Collybia - Cyptotrama asprata

Sorry for the poor quality photos! These mushrooms were tiny – maybe 1 cm diameter caps.

Cap: Yellow with some darker scales(?)
Gills: Pale yellow; widely spaced; decurrent
Stem: Curved; yellow; scaly
Habitat: Growing on rotten wood in a mixed, but mostly deciduous forest with lots of oak

Golden-Scruffy Collybia - Cyptotrama asprata Sorry for the poor quality photos! These mushrooms were tiny – maybe 1 cm diameter caps.<br /> <br /> Cap: Yellow with some darker scales(?)<br /> Gills: Pale yellow; widely spaced; decurrent<br /> Stem: Curved; yellow; scaly<br /> Habitat: Growing on rotten wood in a mixed, but mostly deciduous forest with lots of oak<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/87870/golden-scruffy_collybia_-_cyptotrama_asprata.html Cyptotrama asprata,Geotagged,Golden-scruffy collybia,Summer,United States

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    Flown Kimmerling
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    So vibrant! Posted 5 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Thanks, it was! Unfortunately, I saw it towards the end of a hike and was too tired to do more than take a couple subpar photos. Better than nothing :/ Posted 5 years ago

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The Golden-scruffy Collybia

"Cyptotrama asprata", commonly known as the golden-scruffy collybia, is a saprobic species of mushroom in the family Physalacriaceae. Widely distributed in tropical regions of the world, it is characterized by the bright orange to yellow cap that in young specimens is covered with tufts of fibrils resembling small spikes.

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Uploaded Dec 18, 2019. Captured Aug 8, 2019 10:30 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 35mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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