Psathyrella lacrymabunda
Tränender Saumpilz Lacrymaire velouté Weeping Widow Psathyrella lacrymabunda (Bull.) Moser SynLacrymaria velutina (Pers. ex Fr.) Konrad & Maubl. syn. Hypholoma velutinum (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer Weeping Widow. Cap 1.5–10cm across, convex with a broad umbo becoming more flattened, ochre-brown to tan at first, covered in woolly fibrils but then smooth, veil remnants often adhering to the margin giving a fringed cottony appearance. Stem 40–80´5–10mm, whitish at the apex becoming flushed with cap colour towards the base, covered in small fibrous scales below the cottony fibrillose ring zone which is often made more prominent by the almost black spores which are trapped in it. Flesh ochraceous to brownish. Taste slightly bitter. Gills crowded, mottled, dark purplish-brown with white edge, ‘weeping’ when moist. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, clavate, with rounded head. Spore print black. Spores lemon-shaped, warted, with truncate germ-pore, 8–11´5–6m. Habitat amongst tufted grass on woodland paths and roadsides. Season late spring to late autumn. Common. Edible – but bitter -avoid. Distribution, America and Europe.