Red Edge Brittlestem - Psathyrella corrugis

A fairly small fungus with a smooth, pale brown, bell-shaped cap. The gills are brown and typically have a pinkish edge - hence the fungi's common name. Spore print purple-black, spores ellipsoidal, smooth with a germinal pore, 10-13 x 6-7µm. 

Psathyrella can be distinguished from the similar Mycena genus by their dark spores (Mycena have white/pale spores).

Woodland and well wooded areas.

Autumn.

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.