About Floccularia albolanaripes (G.F.Atk.) Redhead
The cap of Floccularia albolanaripes ranges from convex to flattened, and sometimes bears a shallow umbo; it measures 3โ12 cm (1.2โ4.7 in) in diameter. Young caps are bright yellow to orange-yellow, becoming brownish with age, and have flattened brownish scales across the center. The whitish cap margin curls inward when young. The gills are well separated, have tooth-like edges, and attach adnately to the stipe, sometimes with a notch. They start white and turn cream as they mature. The stipe measures 3โ8 cm (1.2โ3.1 in) long by 1โ2.5 cm (0.4โ1.0 in) wide, and maintains roughly the same width along its length. It has a shiny light yellow-brown base color, and bears one to several cottony zones made of partial veil remnants. The flesh is firm, white overall and yellow just under the cap cuticle. It has no distinct odor and a mild taste. The spore print is white. Spores are ellipsoid, smooth, and measure 6โ8 by 4โ4.5 ฮผm. Fruit bodies grow singly or scattered under conifers. In North America, the species occurs in the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountains, fruiting in spring and summer. It is a snowbank mushroom, commonly found growing around the edges of melting snowbanks, or shortly after snow has melted. In Kashmir, India, it is thought to form a mycorrhizal association with Pinus wallichiana. Floccularia albolanaripes is edible, but has very little flavor.
