Agrocybe rivulosa
The cap is pale brown, initially conical but flattening with age, radially wrinkled and veined. The stem is pale cream, darker towards the base, and with a thin pendent ring. The spores are brown.
other Agrocybe.
Photograph from top down, in side view, and underneath to show gills and full length of stipe, including stem base; note habitat and substrate.
On woodchip piles
It is found in summer and autumn.
An alien speces first recorded in Britain in 2004, now common
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Lostash
Whetstone Field
31 August 2014
Jane Hollingworth
Fenny Copse Parkland
10 November 2024
Lostash
Whetstone Station Street Footpath
30 August 2015
Lostash
Whetstone Station Street Footpath
30 August 2015
Jane Hollingworth
Fenny Copse Parkland
10 November 2024
Jane Hollingworth
Fenny Copse Parkland
10 November 2024
Jane Hollingworth
Fenny Copse Parkland
10 November 2024
David Nicholls
Ratby garden1
14 September 2009
Lostash
Whetstone Field
31 August 2014
Lostash
Whetstone Station Street Footpath
30 August 2015
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Species profile
- Common names
- Wrinkled Fieldcap
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Strophariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 14/09/2009 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 10/11/2024 (Hollingworth, Jane)
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