Rooting Shank
Xerula radicata
Family: Physalacriaceae
Also called: Rooting Shank, Deep-Rooted Mushroom, Rooting Collybia
Overview
Tall slender mushroom on buried hardwood, long taproot. Edible cooked; mediocre.
Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Sep–Oct
Season
Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.
Host trees & substrate
- Decaying oak wood and forest litter
- Decaying beech wood and forest litter
- Decaying maple wood and forest litter
- Decaying birch wood and forest litter
Where it grows
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