Bonfire scalycap is an unassuming brown scaly cap mushroom distinctive only because it only appears after forest fires. In between fires, spores from the fungus shelter in forest mosses and lichens, only appearing after the next blaze.
Cap Diameter:
1 - 8 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 Bonfire scalycap
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Attributes of Bonfire scalycap
Cap Diameter
1 - 8 cm
Height
2 - 8 cm
Cap
Cap 2 - 6 cm; convex, or nearly flat; brown, orange; thickly slimy when fresh, smooth; sometimes with small pale partial veil remnants near the margin
Cap Shape
Convex, Flat
Cap Surfaces
Fibrillose-scaly, Slimy or slightly sticky
Gills
Adnate; close; whitish or yellowish, cinnamon brown
Gill Attachment
Attached
Stem
Stem 3 - 10 cm long, usually under 1 cm thick; white or yellowish near the apex; white, yellow, or very pale tan
Stem Shapes
Cylindrical
Stem Cross Sections
Hollow or cottony hollow
Flesh
Pale yellow
Ring
Faint
Ring
With Ring Zone
Spore Print Color
Cinnamon brown
Odor
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
Body Color
Brown
Yellow
Red
Bronze
White
Orange
Pink
Flesh Bruises
The flesh or milk does not discolor when bruised or cut.
Growth Form
Scattered, Gregarious
Nutrient Gathering
Saprophytic
Substrate
On soil
You can find Bonfire scalycap by these plants:
Spruces, Pines, European beech
Species Status
Widely distributed in North America
Endangered Species
No
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Habitat of Bonfire scalycap
At the bases of charred trees, from burned wood, or on the ground in burned areas
