Verdigris Agaric - Stropharia aeruginosa
This is a medium sized fungus with a smooth sticky cap. The colour of the cap is deep blue-green, fading to yellowish, and it has many fragments of white veil. The stem is whitish, with woolly white scales below the ring. The gills are dark with a white edge when mature. The smell is insignificant.
Blue Roundhead Stropharia caerulea or S. cyanea has paler gills that do not have a distinct white edge; it is much commoner than the Verdigris Roundhead.
The Peppery Roundhead Stropharia pseudocynaea is occasional in Leicestershire & Rutland; it is also blue-green but has a smell of fresh black-pepper, and a faint ring-zone
The Aniseed Funnelcap Clitocybe odora also has a blue-green cap, but without scales, and smells strongly of aniseed.
gill edge 
Photograph from top down, in side view and underneath to show gills and full length of stipe; your photos should clearly show the gill edges. Note habitat and substrate.
Soil, leaf litter and woody debris in parks, gardnes, woodlands
July to October
Widespread but uncommon (Kibby, Vol, 3, 2021)
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Verdigris Roundhead, Verdigris Agaric
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Strophariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 0
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