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Psathyrella foenisecii

Lawn Mower's Mushroom

Family Coprinaceae


Potentially Edible
Brown, conical cap, fading in bands and cracking with age. Brown gills.

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Description

Cap:1-3 cm (3/8-1 ¼") wide. Conical to convex, or nearly flat, sometimes with central knob. Smooth, moist, dark brown fading to tan. Zones of different colors from center to margin and cracking with age.

Gills: Attached, nearly distant, broad, dark brown to violet-brown.

 


Cap (Limor Weizmann Swampscott, MA)
Cap

Gills (Limor Weizmann Swampscott, MA)
Gills



Stalk: 4-8 cm (1 5/8- 3 ¼") long and 1.5-3 mm (1/16-1/8") thick. Pale and smooth.

Spore print: Dark purple-brown

 

Habitat and Range

Individual to numerous on grass. Throughout North America.

Season

May-July and September .

 

 

Stalk (Limor Weizmann Swampscott, MA)
Stalk

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