Oudemansiella radicata (Relh. ex Fr.) Sing. syn. Collybia radicata (Relh. ex Fr.) Quél. Wurzelschleimrühling Collybie radicante Rooting shank. Cap 3–10cm across, bell-shaped to convex then flattened with a broad umbo, pallid or ochraceous to olive-brown, radially wrinkled, slimy. Stem 80–200×5–10mm, white at the apex, flushed with cap colour towards the thickened long-rooting base. Flesh thin, concolorous. Gills broad, white. Spore print white. Spores broadly elliptic, nonamyloid, 12–16×10–12m. Habitat under or near deciduous trees, especially beech, attached to roots or buried wood. Season early summer to late autumn. Very common. Edible – not worthwhile. Distribution, America and Europe.