Autumn honey fungus

Identification

Dense wood clusters; brown speckled caps; stems with a ring; white spore print.

Edibility — conditional

Edible cooked — undercooked honey fungus causes gastrointestinal illness. Caps are best; stems get woody.

The deadly double

• Bordered galerina: smaller, fragile ring, rusty spores — amatoxins.
• When in doubt: a white spore print is honey fungus; rusty is danger.