Tricholomopsis rutilans (Schaeff.: Fries) Singer
Schweiz. Zeitschr. Pilzk. 17: 56. 1936.

Photo: Specimen shown is growing from buried wood.

Common Name: none

• Pileus

  Cap 3-12 cm broad, convex to plane, ground color yellow overlaid with dark red to purplish-red fibrils, dry, margin smooth, entire.

• Lamellae

  Gills adnate to notched, close, yellow to pale yellow.

• Stipe

  Stipe 2.5-10 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad, typically round above, flattened below; smooth, dry, yellow with reddish to purplish-red fibrils; veil absent.

• Spores

  Spores 5-7 X 3-5 µm, elliptical, smooth. Spore print white.

• Habitat

  Solitary to clustered on conifer stumps and logs, occasionally on wood chips; from late fall to mid-winter.

• Edibility

  Edible, but mediocre.

• Comments

  With its large stature, reddish-purple cap and contrasting yellow gills, Tricholomopsis rutilans is one of our most handsome mushrooms. It fruits in conifer woods, but is infrequent in some years making finds all the more noteworthy. Despite its inviting appearance, Tricholomopsis rutilans has no redeeming culinary value.

• References

  Bougher, N.L. & Syme, K. (1998). Fungi of Southern Australia. University of Western Australia Press: Nedlands, Australia. 391 p.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
• Tom Duffy: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• Tom Duffy: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• Taylor F. Lockwood: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• Michael Wood: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• Michael Wood: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• Michael Wood: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP) -- closeup of caps
• Michael Wood: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP) -- closeup of gills
• Boleslaw Kuznik -- Hunting for Mushrooms: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• MICH Fungal Bioinformatics Project: Tricholomopsis rutilans (D)
• Agaricales of Costa Rican Quercus Forests: Tricholomopsis rutilans (D & CP)
• Il Mondo dei Funghi: Tricholomopsis rutilans (D & CP)
• Pilzgalerie.de: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• Pilze, Pilze, Pilze: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• Mushroom Observer: Tricholomopsis rutilans (CP)
• Arora (1986): p. 145 (D & P)
• Arora (1991): p. 42 (D & CP)
• Breitenbach & Kränzlin (vol. 3): sp. 445 (D, I, & CP)
• Jordan: p. 194 (D & CP)
• Lincoff: p. 808 (D), plate 327 (CP)
• McKenny et al.: p. 115 (D & CP)
• Miller: sp. 80 (D & CP)
• Phillips: p. 46 (CP), p. 47 (D)
• Smith: sp. 93 (D & CP)



(D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)