Marram Brittle Cap
(Sand-dune Brittle Cap)
Description
Cap convex to expanded, Ø 3-5 cm, fibrous, matt, ochre-brown to dingy grey-brown.
Gills dark brown.
Stem 5-8 cm x 3-5 mm, whitish to yellowish brown, deeply rooting in sand. Flesh whitish brown.
Occurrence
Not uncommon on buried, dead parts of Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) below the surface of the sand along the seacoast.
Saprophyte.