Fallow Navel

Omphalina pyxidata

Sandy, grassy soils, roadsides, riverbanks, forest clearings. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1-2 (3) cm across, depressed, with a smooth surface, the margin furrowed, pale reddish-brown, pinkish, the colour of human skin. Gills distant, the colour of the cap, clearly decurrent. Stem central, 1-3.3x0.1-0.3 cm, sometimes thickened at the base, the colour of the cap or somewhat paler. Flesh thin, brownish, without any particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: grows in sandy places: fallow land, squares, parks. Grows singly or in groups, mostly in autumn. Very common. Inedible.