Psathyrella pennata (Fr.) Pearson & Dennis syn. Drosophila pennata (Fr.) Kühn. & Romagn. Brand-Faserling. Cap 1–2.5cm across, broadly bell-shaped, grey-brown to reddish-brown becoming ochre, covered in whitish cottony fibrils or scales especially towards the margin. Stem 25–50 x 2–4mm, whitish. Flesh thin, brownish in cap, whitish to ochraceous in stem. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills pallid to purplish-grey. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia thin-walled, hyaline, acutely fusiform. Spore print dark purplish-brown. Spores pip-shaped, 8–9 x 4–4.5um. Habitat on fire sites. Season early summer to autumn. Common. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe. |