Autumn Skullcap

Galerina autumnalis

Forests, parks, rotten deciduous and coniferous wood. Summer (rarely), autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 2-6 cm across, hemispherical, later convex, finally flattened or slightly raised, sticky when wet, orange-brown, pale ochre when dry, the margin not furrowed. Young gills cream, later ochre, brown, broad, distant, broadly adnate, semi-decurrent, edges white-notched. Stem 2-6 (9)x0.3-0.7 cm, of even thickness, most often thickening towards the base, ochre-brown, with a fibrous, sometimes membranous ring, white-dotted above it. Flesh cream, mild-tasting, smelling of flour. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies orange-brown, growing in autumn. Appears singly or in small groups in forests, parks and open places. Uncommon. Deadly poisonous.