Hymenopellis furfuracea is a species of mushroom found in North America. It grows around dead wood.
Description The cap is brownish, darker near the center, and wide. The stem is long. The flesh is whitish and the spore print is white.
Similar species Paraxerula americana is similar.
Distribution and ecology It is widely distributed in North America east of the Rocky Mountains.
It is found growing from the dead wood of hardwood trees, alone or in groups, occasionally on very well-decayed logs and stumps.
Adults of the pleasing fungus beetle Tritoma mimetica have been recorded from this mushroom, but unlike the relatives H.radicata and H.rugosoceps it does not seem to be a regular food source for them.Goodrich, Michael A. & Skelley, Paul E. (1994): Fungal host records for species of Tritoma (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of America North of Mexico. Entomol. News 105: 289-294. PDF fulltext
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