A small white parachute mushroom with a pleated cap whose widely spaced gills attach to a collar that rings the stem but stands free of it. It grows in clusters on dead hardwood sticks, roots and logs. It is common and widespread in North America and Europe.
Inedible but not known to be poisonous; too small to be worth gathering.
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Habitat
Saprobic in clusters on dead hardwood (especially beech) twigs, sticks, roots and fallen trunks, occasionally on rotting leaves; in deciduous woodland. Summer to autumn (June to November in Britain and Ireland).
Distribution
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Widespread and common in Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe, and in North America, especially in the East.
Characteristics
Cap: 0.5-1.5 cm, white to pale cream, convex then flattening, with a central depression and a radially pleated margin. Gills: pinkish-white to whitish, becoming ochre with age; few and very distant, attached to a collar (collarium) separate from the stem. Stem: 4-7 cm long and often less than 1 mm thick, shiny, pale at the top and darkening to black toward the base; no ring. Spore print: white. Spores: 7-9 x 3.5-4.5 um, ellipsoid to pip-shaped, smooth (First Nature).
