Commonly known as the Dung Roundhead, because of its
habitat preference, Stropharia semiglobata is frequently seen on
common pasture land throughout summer and autumn.
Cap |
The hemispherical cap is 1 to 3 cm in
diameter. It is viscid when wet; smooth and shiny when dry.
The thin cap flesh is very pale; it is inedible. |
Gills |
At first pale clay-brown, the moderately
spaced adnate gills darken to cinnamon with pale edges as the spores
mature. |
Stipe |
Concolorous with the cap, 2 to 3 mm in diameter and 5 to 10 cm tall, the
smooth, slender stem is very pale at the apex and pale ochre below the
transient ring; its flesh is solid and pale ochre.
The ring zone is white at first but discolours purple-brown as the fruit
body ages. |
Spore print |
Purple-brown. |
Odour/taste |
Not distinctive. |
Habitat |
On animal dung and freshly manured grassland. |
Season |
June to November. |
Occurrence |
Common. |
Similar species |
Panaeolus semiovatus also occurs on dung; it retains its stem ring and provides a black spore
print. |
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