Plants and animals of Pointfield

Small mushroom with cinammon brown hemispherical cap 6 mm in diameter. Surface smooth and dry with abundant flecks of white veil towards the rim. Gills adnate to weakly sinuate; not crowded and in two cycles; edge of gills white and ragged, sides concolourous with cap. Stem 15 x 1 mm without ring but covered in fine white fibres (veil remnants). Base expanded and attached to wood. Spores pip-shaped with small central germ pore and smooth walls; 6.2-7.6 x 4.0-5.0 um, mean = 7.1 x 4.3 um, N = 19. Cheilocystidia abundant, laganiform, without expanded tip.

Growing on woodchip in flower border. 24th September, 2023.