Gerronema chrysophylla (Fr.) Singer syn. Omphalina chrysophylla (Fr.) Murr. Cap 0.5-4cm across, flat with a shallowly depressed disc and incurved margin, becoming more funnel-shaped in age; ochre to yellowish brown; moist to dry, minutely hairy to scaly. Gills decurrent, distant, narrow to broad; orange-yellow. Stem 20-50 x 1-3mm, stuffed to hollow, somewhat curved or flattened; orange-yellow, sometimes tinged with brown, cottony white at the base; smooth, moist. Flesh thin, flexible; orange. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid to cylindrical, smooth, nonamyloid, 8.5-15.5 x 4.5-6ì. Deposit yellowish. Habitat scattered or in clusters on rotting conifer logs and moss. Found widely distributed throughout North America and in Europe. Season May-September. Edibility not known -avoid. |