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.
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
19 October 2012
David Nicholls
Battram Wood
17 October 2015
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David Nicholls
Ratby Church
19 October 2012
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
19 October 2012
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Species profile
- Common names
- Red Edge Brittlestem
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Psathyrellaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 02/11/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 09/10/2019 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath Woods
09 October 2019
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
