Stubble Rosegill - Volvopluteus gloiocephalus

Cap is sticky, conical to convex in shape, pale greyish-brown, oli-brown, creamy coloured as it ages.  Gills white then brownish-pink. The stem is whitish, fibrillose; the volva can be hidden in the soil and hard to find  

Photograph from side, top down, and of gills. Ensure your photos show the full length of the stipe including the sac-like volva at stem base; note habitat and substrate,.

In stubble, woodchip, sawdust, rotting grass, etc. 

Late summer and autumn

Widespread, quite common (Kibby, V2, 2020)

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.