Gymnopus earleae

Appearance

Cap: 1-3.5 cm; convex, becoming planoconvex or nearly flat; bald; dark brown to dark reddish brown and moist when young and fresh, but soon fading to brownish or orangish buff.

Gills: Attached to the stem broadly or narrowly; close; pale yellow.

Stem: 2-5 cm long; up to about 5 mm thick; more or less equal; greasy; hollow; bald except for tawny fuzz near the base; orangish buff to yellow or yellowish orange; usually covered with stiff, tawny hairs near the base; sometimes with a swollen and spongy basal portion immersed in the substrate; with thin rusty orange to reddish brown rhizomorphs attached to the base.

Flesh: Thin; whitish.

Odor and Taste: Not distinctive, or slightly unpleasant.

Spore Print: White.

Distribution

North America - fairly widely distributed east of the Great Plains, and reported from California.

Habitat

Growing scattered, gregariously, or in small clusters on wet soil or very decayed wood; spring