A small fungus found growing on rotting or manured straw.
Common from early Summer till early Autumn.
On rotting ot manured straw.
Ovoid then conical and expanded, initially whitish with velar covering that flakes off to reveal a dark-grey surface, sulcate to the centre, margin splitting with age.
Cap flesh fragile, thin, auto-digesting. Stem flesh thin and fragile.
Adnate, crowded, initially cream the vinaceous-brown, finallt black,
Dark-brown
Stout initially, then more slender, swollen at base, white, pruinose at the apex, woolly-fibrous below.
