My mystery mushroom!

[Lucianne]

Ok, this one is a complete mystery to me!

Found on grass in the vicinity of birch, in a large cluster. They are very firm, both in cap and in stem. I found some nearby which were larger, and the caps were much paler. I couldn't get a spore print from them. The flesh and gills are unchanging on cutting/bruising

I looked through my book (Roger Phillips), and I'm at a loss. I thought they might be Collybia maculata but these seem darker than that.

Any ideas?

[Adam Cheeseman]

Look like a Hebeloma to my amateur eye.

Cheers,

Adam

[Chris Yeates]

A gill shot and - especially - a spore-print would really help here

I can't help thinking oldish Rhodocollybia maculata . . . .

Chris

[Lucianne]

Thanks for the replies.

Chris I couldn't get a spore print. I'll try again though.

Here are another couple of pics of the gills.

Thank you for all the suggestions - I'm going to look in my book now!

[Chris Yeates]

yes, I'm sure you were correct with your first suggestion (I hadn't noticed that you had already suggested maculata) when I posted . . . . .

Chris

[Lucianne]

Here is a close up of the gills. They were unchanging in colour on bruising, that I could see. I thought the gills looked adnexed, but I'm not very sure!!

[Lucianne]

I have more pics from today...

[Lucianne]

Here we are...

[Lucianne]

Thanks Adam; the caps look similar to Hebeloma pallidluctosum but the gills of those are clay coloured, and on the ones I found, they're white.

Thanks Chris; looks like they are Collybia maculata then.