Gymnopus subnudus

Appearance

Cap: 1-5 cm; convex with an incurved margin when young, becoming broadly convex, flat, or shallowly depressed; dry; fairly bald; cinnamon brown when young, then fading to pinkish tan with age; usually becoming somewhat wrinkled and developing a broadly lined margin; in old age or in dry conditions often splitting radially and/or becoming contorted.

Gills: Attached to the stem, or nearly free from it by maturity; distant or nearly so; whitish when young, darkening to pinkish buff.

Stem: 2-7 cm long; up to about 3 mm thick; more or less equal, but usually flaring at the apex; dry; tough; bald above; finely hairy or finely velvety below; buff, darkening to brownish, reddish brown, or nearly black near the base.

Flesh: Whitish to brownish; thin; tough.

Distribution

Found late spring through fall in eastern North America.

Habitat

Saprobic; growing scattered, gregariously or in loose clusters on the leaf litter of oaks and other hardwoods,