Lepista gilva (Yellowish Funnel)

Lepista gilva

Coniferous and mixed forests, likes mossy places. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 4-8 (10) cm across, flattened, depressed, sometimes with a small umbo, ochre, pinkish-yellow, yellow, the surface with watery spots. Gills narrow, crowded, yellowish, decurrent. Stem 3-6x0.5-1.5 cm, the colour of the cap, thickening towards the base. Flesh thin, tough, yellowish. Characteristic features: the cap surface has faint square or round water-soaked spots. Grows in small groups, mostly in coniferous forests. Common.