Plants and animals of Pointfield

Small tan brown mushroom with domed cap that flattens with age. Cap a little irregular with initially an inrolled margin - 19.5 x 17 mm in diameter. A distinct rose-pink tinge to the cap developed towards the edge when fresh but becming a beige colour when old. Cap surface dry and with small cracks towards the centre. No veil remnants; no radial striation. Gills rather dense and white in colour; unbranched; adnate but becoming detached from the stem. Stem short and stout – 25 mm long by almost 5 mm in diameter. A distinct rose pink in colour in upper part, becoming whiter towards base and tapering slightly; surface covered with tiny flecks. Solid.

Spore print white; spores ellipsoidal and very small without germ pore or distinct apiculus; 4.8-5.9 x 2.7-3.2 um (mean 5.3 x 3.0 um; n = 15); inameloid. Gill surfaces without cystidea.

Solitary in waxcap grass meadow (May and October). A small cluster in short grass near entrance to pond (September - October).