Conocybe lactea (Lange) Metrod syn. Galera lactea Lange Milchweisses Samthaubchen. Cap 1-2.5cm across, conical to narrowly bell-shaped, whitish to yellowish-cream, not hygrophanous or striate. Stem 30-110 x 1-2mm, ending in a rounded bulb, white, powdery near apex. Flesh thin. Gills cinnamon. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, skittle-shaped with swollen body, narrow neck and distinct head 4.5-5.7ì wide. Spores elliptic, with a germ-pore, 11.5-15 x 7-10ì. Basidia four-spored. Habitat on lawns, roadsides, sawdust and sand-dunes. Season late summer to late autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe. |