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Weeping Widow
A dark-spored, fibrillose brown mushroom of lawns, roadsides and disturbed ground whose gills become mottled black and bead with droplets in moist weather. Its spores are coarsely warty, a feature that separates Lacrymaria from Psathyrella. Wikipedia treats L. velutina as a synonym, though some authors keep the two apart.
Edibility disputed; not recommended. It is sometimes listed as edible, but some people report stomach upset after eating it.
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