In clusters on decaying stumps and trunks of hardwoods. Gills are crowded and yellow. Autumn Mild to bitter Purple-brown s.p. Wickipedia says In Europe this mushroom is inedible, but it is eaten in the U.S. and Japan. It is apparently rarer than H. capnoides (edible) and H. fasiculare (inedible), though it is fairly common here in the fall. Bricktops. Rust-brown cap with pale edge, whitish gills becoming purple-brown. Definitely sabropic. It grows clustered on decaying hardwood. Taste can be mild to bitter. 036-001