Fairy Ring Champignon

Marasmius oreades

Meadows, pastures, forest edges, parks, forests. From early spring to late autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1.3-3 (5) cm across, matt, smooth, yellowish, greyish-yellowish, brownish-yellowish, thin-fleshed. Gills distant, thick, not broad, whitish, yellowish. Stem up to 9 cm long and 0.3-0.7 cm thick, the colour of the cap. Flesh thin, tough, with a pleasant smell and taste. Characteristic features: grows in groups and in rings, forming "fairy rings". Grows in meadows, fallow land, forest edges, forests, parks, gardens, among grasses, on the ground. Very common. A tasty edible mushroom. In some European countries it is eagerly collected for flavouring soups; it is especially praised in German literature.