Clustered Toughshank

Gymnopus acervatus

Coniferous, rarely deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized or small. Cap 3-5 (8) cm across, flattened, slightly irregularly depressed, pale brownish, pinkish-brownish, flesh-coloured. Gills crowded, narrow, whitish, yellowish, when old yellowish-brownish, adnate. Stem 3-9x0.3-0.5 cm, tough, of uniform thickness, pinkish-brown, covered with white down at the base. Flesh thin, tough, yellowish, without a particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: appears in small clumps, the stems literally fused together. Fruiting bodies tough. Grows in groups of a dozen or more fruiting bodies, often on rotting coniferous wood. Edible, of low value. Fairly common.