Psathyrella gossypina (Bull. ex Fr.) Pearson & Dennis Cap 1-2.5cm across, hemispherical to bell-shaped, expanding slightly, margin hung with cottony white veil fragments; chestnut brown drying ochre; partly covered with veil remnants, striate. Gills adnexed, crowded, narrow; pallid becoming purple-gray. Stem 20-50 x 3-6mm, slightly enlarged toward the base; white, cream below; minutely cottony. Flesh yellow in the stem when young. Spores ellipsoid, 6-8 x 3.5-4µ. Deposit black-brown. Cystidia lance-shaped. Habitat on the ground often on fire sites. Rare but probably under recorded. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season September-October. Not edible.