Stropharia cyanea (Bolton ex Secr.) Tuomikoski Cap 3-8cm across, convex then obtuse-umbonate; bluish green to yellow-green, soon discolored to pale straw yellow with only hint of green; viscid, with fine, evanescent white veil flakes at margin. Gills emarginate; pale vinaceous buff to tobacco brown when old. Stem 40-100 x 3-12mm; colored as cap; with fugacious ring zone. Flesh pale blue-green. Odor not distinctive. Taste not distinctive. Spores ellipsoid, 7-9 x 4.5-5µ. Deposit umber-brown. Habitat in grass and leaf litter. Found in Europe and in Washington State, probably widespread in the Northwest. Season August-October. Not edible. Comment This species has long been confused with Stropharia aeruginosa, which is more strongly colored blue-green and has a copious white veil and white then darker, purple-brown gills.