Conocybe tenera
Cap Diameter (mm): 
10-20mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
5-15mm
Stem Height (mm): 
30-70mm
 
Description: 

A small and fragile fungus with a brownish-yellow cap commonly found on soil in grass ar the edges of woodland.

Cap: 

Campanulate becoming convex with age, ochraceous-brown and glistening slightly when dry, sulcate almost to the centre.

Flesh: 

Cap flesh is thin, fragile and pallid. Stem flesh is fragile and concolorous.

Gills: 

Adnexed, crowded, ochraceous-brown.

Stem: 

Fragile, darker than the cap, particularly below, ring absent.

Distribution: 

Frequent from Summer till Autumn.

Habitat: 

Found growing at the edges of woods and in parks.