Laccaria tortilis ([Bolt.] S. F. Gray) Cke. syn. Omphalia tortilis (Bolt.) S. F. Gray syn. Clitocybe tortilis ([Bolt.] S. F. Gray) Gillet Gedrehter Lacktrichterling Twisted Deceiver. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, flattened to centrally depressed, irregularly wavy at margin, pale pinkish-brown or more reddish and striate from margin to centre when moist, drying paler flesh-pink and scurfy. Stem 2–10 x 1–2mm, concolorous with cap, base covered in fine white down. Flesh thin, concolorous. Taste and smell not distinctive. Gills distant, pale pink. Spore print white. Spores globose, spiny, 11–14m in diameter. Basidia two-spored. Habitat on bare soil in damp woods, often on banks of streams or ponds. Season autumn. Uncommon. inedible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe.