Flecked Brownie - Psilocybe inquilina

The cap is up to 2 cm across and hemispherical to broadly convex in shape. When fresh it is chestnut-brown but dries to ochre. The thin stem is paler than the cap and covered in white fibres. The flesh is concolorous and it lacks any notable smell or taste. The gills are broad and pale when fresh but later become brown as the spores are released.

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Amongst grass or moss.

Spring to Autumn.

Widespread in Britain, but not particularly common.

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.