Wood Conesprout
This Strobilurus, which has often miscalled Strobilurus albipilatus,is a saprobe on woody conifer debris. It is fairly common in suitable PNW habitat. Unlike other Strobilurus species it does not grow directly on conifer cones. The caps are initially convex, but become plane or plano-convex with sometimes uplifted margins. The striate caps are 1-2.5 cm broad with variable coloration. They may be brown to gray-brown to gray but with lighter margins and fade to tan or whitish in age. The gills are adnexed, close and cream-colored. Short-gills are present in series up to three. The stalks are 2-6 cm tall, equal, cylindrical, sinuous or straight, hollow at maturity and colored whitish above and tawny below. They may be finely pubescent below. There is no annulus. The odor and taste are not distinctive. Typically they grow in small groupings.