Stropharia coronilla

Garland Stropharia

Order Agaricales, Family Strophariaceae 

CAP YELLOWISH TO GOLDEN BROWN, STICKY WHEN FRESH

Cap:  2-6 cm wide; convex to almost flat or slightly wavy; pale yellowish; sticky when wet

GILLS WHITISH THEN BLACK-GRAY

Gills:  attached; crowded; whitish, then black-gray

STALK WITH RING AND WHITE THREADS AT BASE

Stalk:  2-5 cm long, 3-8 mm thick; whitish; base with white mycelial threads

Ring:  grooved; on upper mid stalk, often darkened by spores

SPORE PRINT DARK PURPLE BROWN

Spores 7-11 x 4.5-5 µm, smooth, elliptical

IN LAWNS

POISONOUS

Lookalike:

Agaricus sp. -- free gills, chocolate brown spores

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