9 August 2025 Hinton Ampner, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Psathyrella candolleana Common Name Common crumblecap Cap Dome shaped, expanding with age, whitish to pale brown, margin decorated with veil remnants, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnexed, crowded, narrow, white when young, then pinkish, finally dark brown Stem Cylindrical, smooth, hollow, white to pale beige Flesh Whitish, thin, brittle Smell Indistinct Season Spring to late autumn Distribution Very common Habitat On soil and rotten wood in deciduous woods Spore Print Dark brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, one end truncated with germ pore (6.5-10) x (4-5.5) µm2. Gill edge cystidia clavate, subcylindrical and subutriform. Gill face cystidia absent. Edibility Inedible Notes Represents a species complex. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 9 August 2025 Hinton Ampner, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill cystdia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 9 August 2025 Hinton Ampner, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |