Calocybe carnea (Bull. : Fries) Donk

Common Name: none

• Pileus

  Cap 1.5-3.0 cm broad, convex, becoming plano-convex, the disc occasionally depressed in age; margin when young, incurved, then decurved to plane, frequently wavy; surface when fresh, pinkish to vinaceous-brown, a whitish bloom sometimes evident near the margin, the cap typically glabrous at maturity, often fading to a watery tan-brown; context thin, firm, translucent pinkish-tan, unchanging; odor not distinctive; taste somewhat pungent, disagreeable.

• Lamellae

  Gills adnate, crowded, narrow, pallid, cream-colored at maturity, unchanging when bruised; lamellulae up to three-seried.

• Stipe

  Stipe 1.5 cm long, 0.4-0.8 cm thick, equal or tapering to a narrowed base, stuffed to hollow in age, often with a longitudinal fold; surface sparsely fibrillose, white over a pinkish-brown ground color, conspicuously hairy at the base; partial veil absent.

• Spores

  Spores 4.5-6.0 x 2.0-2.5 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, inamyloid; spore print white.

• Habitat

  In arcs and rings in watered grassy areas; fruiting in late summer.

• Edibility

  Edible according to the literature; untried locally.

• Comments

  This small, attractive mushroom occurs sporadically in grassy areas in late summer. The pinkish cap with a wavy margin distinguishes it from other lawn fungi such as Agrocybe pediades, Panaeolus foenisecii, and Marasmius oreades.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Fred Stevens: Calocybe carnea (CP)
  • Flemming V. Larsen: Calocybe carnea (CP)
  • Page perso de JJ.Wuilbaut: Calocybe carnea (CP)
  • Pilze, Pilze, Pilze: Calocybe carnea (CP)
  • Arora (1986): p. 176 (D)
  • Breitenbach & Kränzlin (vol. 3): sp. 142 (D, I, & CP)
  • Jordan: p. 142 (D & CP)
  • Lincoff: p. 720 (D), pl. 280 (CP)
  • Phillips: p. 47 (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)