Collybia peronata

Collybia peronata is referred to as the Wood Woolly-foot, on account of the lower half of the stem being covered in fine white hairs. This common fungus of leaf litter is poisonous.

This is an inedible species with a very peppery taste.

Commonly known as the Wood Woolly-foot, this attractive little mushroom is sometimes recorded under the scientific names Marasmius peronatus or Marasmius urens.

Unlike other members of the Collybia genus, whose gills remain white or pale cream, Collybia peronata matures with red-brown gills - a useful distinguishing characteristic.

Cap	3 to 6 cm in diameter, the convex caps expand and flatten out at maturity.
Gills	The adnexed gills are pale at first, becoming reddish-brown as the fruiting body matures.
Stipe	4 to 6 mm in diameter and 4 to 8 cm tall, the lower half of the stems of this species are covered in small pale hairs.
Spore print	White.
Odour/taste	Odour not distinctive; taste very peppery.
Habitat	In leaf litter beneath broad-leaf trees and hedgerows, and under bracken on heathland.
Season	July to October.
Occurrence	Fairly frequent.
Similar species	Laccaria laccata, the Deceiver, is similarly coloured but does not have pale woolly hairs at the base of its stipe.

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Collybia peronata

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