Kuehneromyces mutabilis | |
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Kuehneromyces mutabilis in a dry state | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Strophariaceae |
Genus: | Kuehneromyces |
Species: | K. mutabilis
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Binomial name | |
Kuehneromyces mutabilis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pholiota mutabilis (Schaeff.) P.Kumm. (1871) |
Kuehneromyces mutabilis | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is adnexed | |
Stipe has a ring | |
Spore print is brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is choice but not recommended |
Kuehneromyces mutabilis (synonym: Pholiota mutabilis), commonly known as the sheathed woodtuft, is an edible mushroom that 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.