The sulphur tuft is a common woodland mushroom. Like many other fungi, this fungus lives of dead plant material. It cleans up autumn leaves and dead wood matter. A real autumn species.
The sulphur tuft is a common woodland mushroom. Like many other fungi, this fungus lives of dead plant material. It cleans up autumn leaves and dead wood matter. A real autumn species.
Perfect recyclers
The soil is full of life. In a single gram of soil you’ll find a billion bacteria and several meters of fungal thread. These threads, called hyphae, form the basis of a fungus. An extensive network of branching fungal threads, also known as mycelium, is extremely useful for all kinds of plants and animals. Just like the sulphur tuft, many soil fungi live of dead plant material, such as autumn leaves and dead trees. A lifestyle known as saprophagy. Many fungal species have special enzymes that break down cellulose and lignin and convert them into food. Substances released during this degradation serve as food for other soil organisms. This way, fungi break down waste material and make the primary building blocks available to the ecosystem again. They’re perfect recyclers.
Poisonous groups
The sulphur tuft is bitter and poisonous; consuming it can cause vomiting, diarrhea and convulsions.Its name is derived from the Latin fascicularis which translates to 'in bundles' or 'clustered'. This refers to the way it grows. To reproduce, it forms mushrooms that grow in large clumps on stumps, dead roots or rotting trunks. The fungus spreads its spores with the help of the mushroom. Spores are miniscule seeds that are easily distributed by the wind, the water, or animals. With well-known mushrooms, such as the fly amanita, the spores are positioned between the lamella under the hat. *break* The fungi form the mushrooms from their mycelium, the underground fungal network. The mycelium sometimes grows in a ring. When the mushrooms then rise above the ground, a ring of mushrooms is produced, better known as a fairy ring.