Spindle shank

Gymnopus fusipes

mushroom

A mushroom in clusters with a swollen, grooved stem, fairly good when young.

Origin

Oak and broadleaf stumps in Europe

Season (United States)

June to October

Preparation

The caps are pan-fried for about ten minutes; they are eaten cooked. Only the caps of young specimens: picked too late, it is indigestible. If you pick it yourself, have the mushroom checked by a pharmacist or a mycological society before eating it.

Molecules

Mushroom beta-glucansIn small amounts, not counted Ergothioneine

Did you know?

Its Latin name, fusipes, means « spindle foot ».