This mushroom is featured at Fungi Growing on Wood |
Hypholoma sublateritium |
Brick Tops. Found in fall. Cap color ranges from pink, orange and brick red, usually a combination of these. Partial veil remnants often remain on cap and cap margin, also leaves a ring on upper stem. Purple-brown spore print. Grows from wood. |
Young specimens of Hypholoma sublateritium growing at the base of a living maple tree. Note partial veil completely covering and protecting the fertile surface of the developing lamellae, or gills. |