Butter Cap

Collybia butiracea

Coniferous and deciduous forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized and larger. Cap 3—7 (9) cm across, surface smooth, slimy, in old ones dry, reddish-brown, chestnut-coloured. Gills white, crowded, adnate. Stem 3-8 (12)x0.5-2 cm, tough, the colour of the cap. Flesh white, with a pleasant smell and taste. Characteristic features: stem clearly thickening towards the base, with white down. Grows in groups, likes mossy places. Edible, valuable. Very common. A very similar form of the Butter Cap is the greyish variety (C. butyracea var. asema), only its fruiting bodies are smaller, grey, brownish-grey in colour. Edible, valuable. Very common.