Stropharia coronilla (Bull. ex Fr.) Quél. syn. S. obturata (Fr.) Quél. Stropharia coronilla
Krönchen-Träuschling Strophaire coronille Garland Roundhead. Cap 2–4cm across, convex then flattened, light yellow, slightly viscid or greasy. Stem 25–40 x 6–8mm, white tapering towards base; ring white, but often accentuated by trapped deposit of dark spores. Flesh thick, white. Gills white then clay-brown. Pleurocystidia broadly lanceolate with acutely pointed apex, staining deeply in aniline blue in lactic acid. Spore print purple-brown. Spores elliptic with indistinct pore, 7–9 x 4–6um. Habitat lawns and pasture. Season autumn. Common. Edible – not worthwhile. Distribution, America and Europe.