Collybia tuberosa 


Collybia tuberosa  (Bull.) P. Kumm. 1871

Collybiaa tuberosa grows on decaying fungi and often appears appears following rain in summer and fall.  Beneath them can be found tiny red-brown elliptically-shaped sclerotia. They draw energy from the sclerotia to grow and sporulate. It is in the Tricholomataceae family of the Agaricales order.

Collybia tuberosa