Russet Toughshank

Gymnopus dryophilus

Deciduous and coniferous forests, parks, groves, scrub. Spring, summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-5 cm across, rarely larger, thin-fleshed, smooth-surfaced, sometimes with the margins curled upwards, brownish-yellowish, brownish-yellow, fading. Gills yellowish, narrow, brownish, adnate. Stem 3—8x0.3—0.6 cm, the colour of the cap. Flesh thin, tough, yellowish, brownish, with a woody smell, not bitter. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies not fleshy, tough, not bitter, with a woody smell. Grows among grasses, most often in small groups, sometimes singly. Edible, very common.