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Sulphur Tuft

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The sulphur tuft, scientifically Hypholoma fasciculare and also known as the clustered woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom often found when few other mushrooms are present. This saprotrophic gill fungus grows prolifically in large clumps on stumps, dead roots, or rotting trunks of broadleaved trees.

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Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Scientific Name
Hypholoma fasciculare 2
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1. Wikipedia: Hypholoma fasciculare
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Hypholoma fasciculare, commonly known as the sulphur tuft or clustered woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom, often in evidence when hardly any other mushrooms are to be found.
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2. Wikipedia: Hypholoma fasciculare
WikipediaWikidata Q752507 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
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