Psathyrella prona
Cap to 3 cm. Varying in colour from a pale red-brown to darker grey-brown showing translucent grooves and is hygrophanous. The stipe is thin, stiff and hollow. It has broadly adnate brownish gills with a decurrent tooth and pinkish-red margins.
other Psathyrella
microscopy 
This is a difficult species, and we recommend that it is verified by an expert from a specimen before submission to Naturespot. Microscopic examination will be needed. Also photograph from top down, in side view and underneath to show gills and full length of stipe; note habitat and substrate.
It occurs on soil, often among grass in woodland glades, fields and gardens.
Late summer and autumn.
A rather infrequent species found mainly in the English Midlands and some areas further north.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bent Brittlestem
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Psathyrellaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 25/09/2019 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 25/09/2019 (Nicholls, David)
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