Mushroom Atlas

Stinking Toughshank

Gymnopus hariolorum

Stinking Toughshank

Deciduous and mixed forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-5 (6) cm across, flattened, sometimes with an umbo, not fleshy, yellowish-brownish, the margin furrowed. Gills cream. Stem 3-6x0.5-0.7 cm, smooth near the gills, whitish, yellowish, brownish, white-hairy (bristly), evenly thickening towards the base. Flesh tough, juicy, white, smelling of garlic and rotten cabbage, not bitter.