Gymnopus confluens
Mycol. Progr. 18(5): 734. 2019.
Common Name: none
Synonym: Marasmiellus confluens (Pers.) J.S. Oliveira; Collybia confluens (Pers.) P. Kumm.
For descriptions see Hughes & Petersen, Coker & Beardslee, & Siegel & Schwarz.
Gregarious to cespitose in duff in coniferous forests, fall. Rare south of the far north coast, where it can be locally common.
Arora: “Edible with caution; it is tough and similar species have not been tested."
Gymnopus confluens can be distinguished by its ocher-brown to buff coloration, thin flesh, tall fuzzy stipes, crowded gills, and clustered growth. Marasmiellus villosipes is often clustered but is typically smaller and darker colored. Connopus acervatus grows in cespitose clusters with smooth stipes and reddish brown caps.
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Coker, W.C. & Beardslee, H.C. (1921). The Collybias of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 37(1/2): 83-107. (PDF)
Hughes, K.W. & Petersen, R.H. (2015). Transatlantic disjunction in fleshy fungi III: Gymnopus confluens. MycoKeys 9: 37-63. (PDF)
Mitchel, D.H. & Smith, A.H. (1978). Notes on Colorado Fungi III: New and Interesting Mushrooms from the Aspen Zone. Mycologia 70(5): 1040-1063.
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Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
— This is from the GSMNP
