Lacrymaria velutina

Cap	Initially bell-shaped with a woolly, in-rolled margin to which pale fragments of the veil remain attached. At maturity, caps growing to between 4 and 12 cm in diameter, usually retaining a distinct umbo. The reddish cap surface is radially streaked with yellow and clay brown tinges.
Gills	Adnexed; initially yellow-brown with a very pale edge, but soon becoming blackened with spores. The gill edges hold black watery droplets when moist.
Stipe	5 to 10 mm diameter; 6 to 12 cm tall; a paler brown than the cap but more russet towards the base; fibrous, with a ring zone of pale fibres that soon become stained black by falling spores.
Spore print	Black.
Odour/taste	Not distinctive.
Habitat	In grassland and on verges beside lanes; occasionally also in woodland clearings.
Season	April to November, but most common in late summer and autumn.
Occurrence	Fairly frequent
Similar species	Could possibly be mistaken for a field mushroom, Agaricus campestris, when young. Psathyrella candoleana is somewhat similar but smaller and much paler