The most striking feature of this tiny mushroom is certainly its colour – its fruitbody is bright yellow-orange. Orange chrysomphalina even got its Latin name Chrysomphalina aurantiaca from this characteristic; the specific Latin epithet aurantiaca means 'resembling an orange, orange-coloured'.
Cap Diameter:
1 - 4 cm
Odor:
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
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Attributes
Similar Species
Tips for Finding
Clean and Preserve
Common Questions
General Info About Orange chrysomphalina
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Attributes of Orange chrysomphalina
Cap Diameter
1 - 4 cm
Height
1 - 3 cm
Cap
Cap 1 - 4 cm across; flat; orange, yellowish, whitish; with white hairs
Gills
Adnate to subdecurrent, decurrent; distant, narrow; orange to orange buff
Stem
Stem 1 - 3 cm long, 1.5 - 5 mm thick; curved; pale orange, yellowish orange
Flesh
Thin; whitish, orange to orange-yellow, yellow
Spore Print Color
White to pale yellow
Odor
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
Body Color
Yellow
White
Orange
Growth Form
Gregarious, Clustered
Nutrient Gathering
Saprophytic
Substrate
Dead Woods
Occurence Habitats
Coniferous Woodland
Endangered Species
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Habitat of Orange chrysomphalina
Orange chrysomphalina typically inhabits coniferous forest ecosystems, often gregarious or clustered on decaying conifer wood.
Scientific Classification of Orange chrysomphalina
