Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Weeping Widow

Facts
Common Name: 
Weeping Widow
Scientific Name: 
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
Cap Diameter (mm): 
20-100mm
Stem Height (mm): 
40-80mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
5-10mm
Information
Description: 

A medium sized agaric with a yellowish-brown cap found amongst grass beside paths in woods and roadsides.

Distribution: 

Frequent from Summer till Autumn.

Habitat: 

At the side of woodland paths and roads.

Cap: 

Convex and broadly umbonate, ochreaceous-tan, woolly fibrous at first then smooth, cap becomesdarker brown with age, margin is ragged with velar remnants.

Flesh: 

Cap flesh ochaceous-brown, soft and thick at the centre. Stem flesh ochraceous-brown, fibrous, hollow. No distinctive odour, slightly bitter taste.

Gills: 

Adnate or adnexed, close, dark clay initially, purplish-brown to black when mature with paler edges, weeping when damp.

Spores: 

Spores black, warty, lemon-shaped.

Stem: 

More or less equal, ring zone-like, whitish above, fibrous scaly below ring zone.

Additional Notes: 

Edible but poor.