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Gymnopus peronatus
The caps of Gymnopus peronatus usually grow 3 to 6 cm in diameter. The convex caps expand and flatten out at maturity, sometimes retaining a broad umbo. Cap colour is quite variable, ranging from pinkish-cream to yellowish-buff. Unlike other members of the former Collybia genus, whose gills remain white or pale cream, Gymnopus peronatus matures with red-brown gills - a useful distinguishing characteristic. Stems usually grow to 4 to 6 mm in diameter and 4 to 8cm tall, the lower half of the stems of this species are covered in small pale hairs.
Gymnopus peronatus is saprobic and can be found in leaf litter beneath broadleaf trees and hedgerows, and under bracken on heathland.
Spotted in rural area of Colmschate, Holland. (sources:see reference and thanks Lipase and Michel Beeckman)
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Roger that :) Thanks.
Ok for Gymnopus peronatus :)
Hi Lipase, thanks for the suggestion. I think you might be right, because Mycena haematopus is supposed to have a striate cap and my spotting doesn't have that. It's too bad I couldn't find the mushroom the next day, so no photo of its gills only notes. Thanks again :)
Hi Jae, I've found Gymnopus peronatus before and it had this same hairy stem: http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/gymnop... Sorry I can't be certain, it would be useful to have a photo of the gills like you said if you go back that way and it's still there.