Strophariaceae Gallery

Stropharia semiglobata
Stropharia
semiglobata		 Stropharia caerulea
Stropharia
caerulea		 Stropharia coronilla
Stropharia
coronilla		 Stropharia hornemannii - Conifer Roundhead
Stropharia
hornemannii 		Hebeloma mesophaeum
Hebeloma
mesophaeum		 Hebeloma crustuliniforme - Poison Pie
Hebeloma
crustuliniforme
Hebeloma sinapizans- Bitter Poison Pie
Hebeloma
sinapizans 		Hypholoma capnoides
Hypholoma
capnoides		 Hypholoma fasciculare
Hypholoma
fasciculare		 Hypholoma lateritium - Brick Tuft
Hypholoma
lateritium		 Hypholoma marginatum - Snakeskin Brownie
Hypholoma
marginatum 		Leratiomyces ceres - Redlead Roundhead
Leratiomyces
ceres
Agrocybe cylindracea - Poplar Fieldcap
Agrocybe
cylindracea		 Agrocybe praecox - Spring Fieldcap
Agrocybe
praecox		 Agrocybe erebia - Dark Fieldcap
Agrocybe
erebia 		Agrocybe rivulosa
Agrocybe
rivulosa 		Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces
mutabilis		 Psilocybe semilanceata - magic Mushrooms
Psilocybe
semilanceata
Gymnopilus sapineus - Scaly Rustgill
Gymnopilus
decipiens		 Gymnopilus junonius - Spectacular Rustgill
Gymnopilus
junonius		 Gymnopilus penetrans - Common Rustgill
Gymnopilus
penetrans		 Gymnopilus sapineus - Scaly Rustgill
Gymnopilus
sapineus		 Galerina marginata
Galerina
marginata		 Galerina graminea
Galerina
graminea
Pholiota alnicola
Pholiota
alnicola		 Pholiota aurivella
Pholiota
aurivella 		Pholiota flammans - Flaming Scalycap
Pholiota
flammans		 Pholiota gummosa - Sticky Scalycap
Pholiota
gummosa 		Pholiota squarrosa
Pholiota
squarrosa		  

The family Strophariaceae (notably the genera Pholiota, Psilocybe, Hebeloma, Galerina, Gymnopilus, Agrocybe and Stropharia genera) are brownish-gilled mushrooms with many characteristics similar to those of the Cortinariaceae.

Another group with some Cortinarius-like characteristics, and containing the Bolbitius and Conocybe genera, is also included on this website under its family name Bolbitiaceae.

The family Strophariaceae comprises some 15 families and contains 160 or so species in Europe; they all have brown or dark brown spores. The main genera that you are likely to encounter regularly are Hypholoma, Pholiota, Psilocybe and Stropharia. With very few exceptions the fungi of this family are inedible and some are poisonous or at least hallucinogenic - notably Psilocybe semilanceata, one of the so-called Magic Mushrooms. When young, many of the fungi in this family have cortinas - cobweb-like veils covering the immature gills.

The position of Panaeolus and Panaeolina species within the Agaricales is not yet settled; I have placed them with the Bolbitiaceae, although some authorities place them in Strophariaceae or in Psathyrellaceae (and they were in the past grouped with the inkcaps in Coprinus!).