Psathyrella prona    (Fr.) Gillet 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Coprinaceae  

synonyms: Psathyrella orbitarum, Psathyrella prona-prona 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Psathyrella albidula, Psathyrella atomata, Psathyrella subatomata)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Psathyrella prona toxicity of Psathyrella prona genus Psathyrella  

The cap is brown to grey; its margin is striate, sometimes with veil remnants. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The flesh is unchanging; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are free to adnate, crowded . The spore print is very dark brown. This species is saprophytic. It grows on the ground, on a rather rich soil.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1.5 cm (between 0.5 and 3 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 10 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 2 mm (between 0.5 and 5 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : grey to brown cap, hygrophanous, striate when damp; bulbous stem base; red edges of gills; in pathsides

Psathyrella prona is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Psathyrella prona in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Psathyrella prona in the forest of Rambouillet



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