Felted Twiglet

Tubaria conspersa

Forests, parks, gardens. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1–3 cm across, convex, flattened when mature, pale cinnamon-coloured, the central part darker, fading, with white flakes. Gills at first pale brownish, later orange-brown, adnate. Stem 2-4x0.1-0.4 cm, fragile, the colour of the cap. Flesh brownish, thin.

Characteristic features: yellowish-brown fruiting bodies, growing on rotten wood debris. Appears in small groups in brighter places, on wood fragments, splinters and chips. Common. Wood saprotroph. Inedible.