page_title: Gymnopus fusipes
section_title: General
hierarchical_section_title: Gymnopus fusipes / Description / General
caption_attribution_description: PL. 141. Esculent. AGARICUS (COLLYBIA.) FUSIPES. BiM. on stumps. Highgate.
context_page_description: Gymnopus fusipes is a parasitic species of gilled mushroom which is quite common in Europe and often grows in large clumps. It is variable but easy to recognize because the stipe soon becomes distinctively tough, bloated and ridged.
context_section_description: The cap, growing from about 3 cm to 10 cm, is smooth and dark red-brown, or may be paler, sometimes with dark spots.
  There is no ring or other veil remnant.  The red-brownish stem is often lighter at the top and can grow to about 15 cm long, sometimes rooting.  At least when older the stem typically becomes inflated and deeply furrowed and also develops a distinctive tough consistency.  Sometimes a new clump of these mushrooms grows from the stem bases left from the previous year.
  The usually well-spaced gills are whitish and may be flecked with spots.
caption: Illustration by M. C.Cooke
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