Tapinella atrotomentosa

Taxobox | name = Velvet roll-rim

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image_caption = Velvet roll-rim
Germany
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Basidiomyota
classis = Basidiomycetes
ordo = Boletales
familia = Hygrophoropsidaceae
genus = "Tapinella"
species = "T. atrotomentosa"
binomial = "Tapinella atrotomentosa"
binomial_authority = (Batsch) Šutara mycomorphbox
name = Tapinella atrotomentosa
whichGills = decurrent
capShape = depressed
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=bare
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=brown
howEdible=inedibleThe Velvet roll-rim or velvet-footed pax ("Tapinella atrotomentosa") was originally described as "Paxillus atrotomentosus" by August Batsch. It is an inedible saprotrophic fungus found growing on tree stumps of conifers in Europe and North America.

Description

A squat fungus with a cap 6-20 cm across, brown in colour with a rolled rim. The forked gills are cream-yellow and forked, while the thick stipe is dark brown and juts out sidewards from the mushroom.

References

*cite book | author = Breitenbach J & Kränzlin F | year = 1991 | title = Fungi of Switzerland 3: Boletes & Agarics, 1st Part | id = ISBN 3-85604-230-X