Eye-spot Navel Cap
(Eyespot Carpet-pin)
Description
Less than 1cm: Use magnifying glass
Cap plane to convex funnel-shaped, umbilicate, Ø 4-10 mm, smooth, dark radially striped, centre grey-brown to dark purple-brown or black with violet tinge, with broad, undulate, pale zone at the margin.
Gills broad, white to light cream.
Stem 3-5 cm x 1-2 mm, pale brown to purple-brown. Flesh violet-brown. Smell none.
Occurrence
Common among mosses in rich grasslands and woods. Summer to autumn.
Saprophyte.