Psathyrella longistriata (Murr.) Smith Cap 3-10cm, convex-umbonate; vinaceous brown to gray-brown; with thin coating of veil fibers. Gills adnate seceding, crowded, broad; buff to dull brown. Stem 40-100 x 4-l0mm; white; with veil fragments below membranous, striate ring. Flesh white. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, slightly truncate, 7-9 x 4-5µ. Deposit purplish brown. Pleurocystidia ventricose with acute apex. Habitat on leaf litter and needle duff in mixed woods. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season August-December. Not edible. |