ID Please

[sometimes]

It's that time of year again (for me). I'd be grateful for a ID on this one please. I've had fungi in the lawn before but I can't recall this particular pattern - maybe a slightly earlier/later stage than I've seen them before.

[ergot sum]

Hygrophanous cap darkening at the margin; 'wooly' stipe complete with ring; tawny gills - If you hadn't found this on your lawn [though there may be buried wood underneath] and if the ring was slightly darker, I'd be tempted to say Kuehneromyces mutabilis but would doubtless be mistaken in my haste...

[sometimes]

Thanks for your help. If there is any wood it's going to be a small chip or two.

Interestingly the mushrooms were not in a circle but spread in an area about 2ft by a foot, without an obvious centre. I'm afraid they went up the mower but I'll keep my eye open for a reappearance, in the next few days.

[watsthat]

Hiyah

It looks interesting, not your run of the mill lawn fungus. I`ll watch with interest.

Pete

[Ken Burgess]

Originally Posted by watsthat

Hiyah

It looks interesting, not your run of the mill lawn fungus. I`ll watch with interest.

Pete

It looks as though it ought to be obvious with so many distinctive characters... but nothing springs to mind at the moment.

[sometimes]

Thanks for your replies on this. not seen it again. The old brain cells have been working and I'm wondering if it came in as part of a load of top soil I ordered in from a reputable company. At the time I thought the soil had a high organic content (in the sense of 'composting'). if that makes sense.