A small to medium, stocky mushroom with a yellowish cap, grayish gills that darken to purple-brown, and a short stem bearing a small ring. It is considered poisonous. Several other dark-spored grassland mushrooms resemble it closely.
Sources disagree: some guides list it as edible but not worthwhile, but Wikipedia calls it poisonous and First Nature notes reports of poisoning and advises against collecting it for food. The toxin is not identified. Do not eat.
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Saprobic in grass, usually on nutrient-rich soil: lowland pastures and lawns, sometimes meadows, parks and gardens. Unlike most Stropharia it does not favor wood, dung or rotting grass.
Distribution
Native to Europe and North America (Wikipedia); occasional to locally fairly common in Britain and Ireland and found throughout mainland Europe (First Nature). North American records appear in regional atlases such as the Maryland Biodiversity Project.
Characteristics
Cap: up to about 6 cm (often 2.5-4 cm), convex to flattened; yellowish to yellow-ochre, slightly darker at the center. Gills: attached (adnate), grayish, darkening to purple-brown. Stem: up to about 6 cm long and 1 cm thick, white, yellowing with age, with a persistent white ring whose upper surface is striate. Spore print: purple-brown. Spores: 7-9 x 4-6 um, ellipsoid, smooth (First Nature).
