Appearance
The fruit body is squat mushroom with a cap up to 28 cm across, sepia- or walnut brown in colour with a rolled rim and depressed centre. The cap is covered with dark brown or black velvety fur. The gills are cream-yellow and forked, while the thick stipe is dark brown and juts out sidewards from the mushroom. The flesh has been described as appetising in appearance, and is little affected by insects. The spore print is yellow and the spores are round to oval and measure 5-6 μm long.
Naming
August Batsch described the species in 1783.
Distribution
It is a saprobic fungus found growing on tree stumps of conifers in North America, Europe, Central America, east into Asia where it has been recorded from Pakistan and China. The fruit bodies appear in summer and autumn, even in drier spells when other mushrooms are not evident.
Habitat
It is a saprobic fungus found growing on tree stumps of conifers in North America, Europe, Central America, east into Asia where it has been recorded from Pakistan and China. The fruit bodies appear in summer and autumn, even in drier spells when other mushrooms are not evident.References:
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