About Tapinella panuoides (Fr.) E.-J.Gilbert
This mushroom, Tapinella panuoides, produces little to no visible stalk where it emerges from its growing substrate. Its caps can reach up to 10 centimetres (4 inches) across. Near the base of the gills, the structures appear crimped, forked, or crosshatched. The spore print of this species is ochre. It grows on conifer wood and in lignin-rich humus. Although it has a pleasant taste, Tapinella panuoides is a poisonous species. This species produces the phenolic compound atromentin, and the first enzymes involved in atromentin biosynthesis have been characterised in Tapinella panuoides.
