Brown Mottlegill - Panaeolina foenisecii

Cap 1 to 2 cm across, caps are initially bell-shaped or conical, expanding to become broadly convex; hygrophanous, medium to dark brown when moist, drying from the centre outwards to a creamy-beige. The hygrophanous nature of the cap means that colour is not a significant identifying feature; some caps may be dark brown while others, in drier parts of the same lawn, may be a pale creamy-beige even appearing white in bright sunlight. Spore print dark brown, spores 11-16 x 5-8µm with germ pore. 

Any lawn or other grassy area that is regularly mown but not intensively dosed with lots of artificial fertilisers or selective herbicides.

April to December.

Common and widespread throughout Britain.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.