Agrocybe dura (Bolt. ex Fr.) Sing. syn. Pholiota dura (Bolt. ex Fr.) Kummer, Rissiger Ackerling, Pholiote dure, Bearded Fieldcap Cap 3–7cm across, convex expanding to almost flat, ivory white to yellowish cream. Stem 50–80 x 3–7mm, whitish with cottony ring near apex. Flesh thick, firm, whitish. Taste slightly bitter, smell mushroomy. Gills adnate, pale at first then darker clay. Spore print light cigar brown. Spores ovoid-ellipsoid, 12–13 x 6–7.5µ. Cap cuticle cellular. Habitat singly in grass at roadsides or in meadows. Season spring to late summer. Occasional. Edible – poor. Distribution, Distribution, America and Europe.