Clustered Toughshank

Gymnopus confluens

Coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1–3 (3) cm across, thin, tough, yellowish-brownish. Gills very narrow, crowded, yellowish, whitish, adnate. Stem 3–10x0.3–0.6 cm, cartilaginous, round, flaky, covered with tiny warts, greyish. Flesh thin, tough, without any particular smell or taste. Characteristic features: gills very narrow, crowded. Grows in grassy places and thickets. Appears in groups, the fruiting bodies often stuck together in tufts of a dozen or more or even several dozen; inedible, very common.