Entoloma conferendum

15 November 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin

Species

Synonyms

Nolanea staurospora

Cap

Conical, sometimes with a central bump, sometimes wrinkled at the centre, margin lined when moist, grey brown, red brown or yellow brown, hygrophanous, to about 6 cm across

Gills

Adnate-emarginate to free, pink then pink brown

Stem

Equal, longitudinally lined, hollow

Flesh

Thin, rather fragile, grey brown to yellow grey

Smell

None or mealy

Taste

Rancid

Season

Late spring to autumn

Distribution

Common

Habitat

Grassland

Microscopic Features

Spores knobbly (7-13) µm across

Edibility

Unknown

Additional Photographs

15 November 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin

Spores viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 15 November 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin