Gliophorus irrigatus

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Gliophorus irrigatus

In a church yard. 14 November 2022 Upper Wield, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Synonymns

Hygrocybe irrigata, Hygrocybe unguinosa

Cap

Convex, expanding with age, smooth, viscid, grey brown to grey, margin often lined, to about 5 cm across

Gills

Adnate with a decurrent tooth, fairly broad, whitish to grey with a whitish margin

Stem

Smooth, viscid, equal, sometimes flattened with a groove along the length, grey to grey brown

Flesh

Grey

Smell

Indistinct

Taste

Indistinct

Season

Autumn

Distribution

Frequent

Habitat

On soil in unimproved grassland

Spore Print

White

Microscopic Features

Spores ellipsoidal or oblong, smooth (6.5-8.5) x (4-5) µm2

Edibility

Unknown

Gliophorus irrigatus

29 November 2009 Ebernoe, West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Gliophorus irrigatus

23 November 2021 Farnham, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.