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Common rustgill

Gymnopilus penetrans

Genus Gymnopilus. Family Strophariaceae. Order Agaricales.

Common rustgill — Photographs 1
Common rustgill.
Photo: This image was created by user Richard Kneal (bloodworm) at Mushroom Observer, a / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Description

Gymnopilus penetrans, commonly known as the common rustgill, is a widespread fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. Its gills become spotted brownish with age, which gives the species its German and Russian names. The cap is rusty yellow to orange-brown and the flesh is bitter; it grows on dead conifer wood, often in large groups, and is inedible. Translated from the German-language Wikipedia.

Traits

Edibility
Inedible

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Photographs

Common rustgill — Photographs 2
Common rustgill. Mycological illustration.
Cooke, M. C.; Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Source: Wikipedia (German)