Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hypholoma fasciculare 2

 
Original - Photographed in Germany, a clump of Hypholoma fasciculare grows near trees, woodland being its preferred habitat. More commonly known as sulphur tuft or clustered woodlover, the mushrooms thrive on or near decaying trees and favour northern temperate regions, being widespread particularly in northern Europe and North America. The fungi is poisonous to humans and can cause gastrointestinal upset that lasts for a few days; fatalities are rare, though there is a risk of paralysis in severe cases. The very bitter taste of H. fasciculare is one possible reason for the singularity of severe poisoning occurrences.
Reason
No quorum on first nomination, here. I can't improve much on Sasata's reasoning (apart from the spelling error on colour ^^), so if you'll forgive the laziness: "Excellent example of species showing typical growth habit, and high enough resolution to show cap and stem surface details. The busted off cap also offers a glimpse into the gill structure and attachment, and flesh color."
Articles in which this image appears
Hypholoma fasciculare, Hypholoma, List of deadly fungi
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Other lifeforms/Fungi
Creator
Jörg Hempel

Promoted File:Hypholoma fasciculare LC0091.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 07:14, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]