Identification
Clusters on wood; cap two-toned — darker center, pale rim, changing with humidity; a clear ring on the stem.
Edibility
Edible caps (stems woody); the deadly pair is the bordered galerina — it is smaller, its ring fragile, and its cap is not two-toned.
In practice
- Wood cluster + ring + two-toned cap = summer honey fungus.
- Spore print settles doubt: rusty-brown for the honey fungus vs. the galerina's slightly different brown — when unsure, discard.