Lepiota oreadiformis Vel. syn. L. laevigata (Lange) Lange Feldschirmpilz. Cap 2–6cm across, flattened convex with a slight broad umbo, appearing smooth but minutely felty under a lens, light ochre-brown at the centre becoming pale towards the margin. Stem 30–45 x 8–12mm, white or whitish covered in pale cottony scales, ring zone indistinct. Flesh white becoming brown with age. Smell pleasant and sweet. Gills white. Spore print white. Spores ellipsoid-fusiform, dextrinoid, 11.5–13.5 x 4.5–5.5um. Surface of cap formed of elongated, thin-walled, subhyaline, unicellular hairs with short clavate or ovate cells forming an almost hymeniform layer at their base. Habitat amongst grass in the open. Season late summer to autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe. |