Hypholoma dispersum (Fr.) Quel. syn. Naematoloma dispersum (Fr.) Karsten Cap 1-4cm across, conic-convex then expanded; tawny brown to orange-brown, paler, more ochre with age; dry, smooth. Gills adnate, crowded; pallid to olive-yellow then purplish brown. Stem 60-100 x 2-5mm, equal; deep reddish brown below, paler above; silky-fibrillose. Flesh thin. Odor pleasant. Taste mild. Spores ellipsoid, 7-10 x 4-5µ. Deposit purplish brown. Habitat usually single but often in troops, on fragments of conifer wood or wood-chip trails. Found in Europe and northern North America. Season August-November. Not edible.