Horse-hair Fungus
(Horse hair Toadstool)
Description
Less than 1cm: Use magnifying glass.
Cap convex, with depressed centre, Ø 0.5-1 cm, membranous, radially furrowed, pale beige-pink, with red-brown centre.
Gills distant, beige-pink.
Stem 2-6 cm x 1 mm, resembling horse hair, tough, black.
Occurrence
Common on coarse litter of coniferous woods and mixed woods on sand and damp heath. In groups.
Saprophyte.
Related and/or similar species
- Micromphale perforans