Tubaria furfuracea

Tubaria furfuracea, commonly known as the scurfy twiglet^[1] or totally tedious tubaria,^[2] is a common species of agaric fungus in the family Tubariaceae.

Tubaria furfuracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Tubariaceae
Genus:	Tubaria
Species:	T. furfuracea
Binomial name
Tubaria furfuracea (Pers.) Gillet (1876)
Synonyms
Agaricus furfuraceus Pers. (1801)

Tubaria furfuracea Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex or flat
	Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
	Stipe is bare or has a ring
	Spore print is brown
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is unknown

Taxonomy

It was first described by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1801, as a species of Agaricus.^[3] French mycologist Claude-Casimir Gillet transferred it to the genus, Tubaria in 1876.^[4]

Description

The mushroom cap is 1–4 cm wide, orange-brown, convex to flat and depressed, with small marginal patches of veil which disappear with age or rain; its odor is mild.^[5] The gills are brown and adnate to slightly decurrent.^[5] The stalk is 1–6 cm tall and 2–4 mm wide.^[5][2] The spores are pale reddish-brown, elliptical, and smooth.^[5] The spore print is brown.^[6]

This species is considered inedible.^[7]

Similar species

Similar species include T. confragosa,^[5] T. conspersa, and members of Laccaria.^[6]

Additionally, Galerina marginata and Psilocybe cyanescens may appear similar.^{[citation needed]}