Luxurians Gymnopus

Description:

Ecology: Saprobic; growing gregariously or in tight clusters in woodchips, or on lawns (probably fruiting from dead, buried roots); summer and fall; widely distributed in eastern North America from Massachusetts to Alabama and Illinois, but not frequently collected. Given its ecology, it would not surprise me if it were to appear in the western states.

Habitat:

Gymnopus luxurians, like Leucocoprinus cepaestipes, is almost always found in woodchips, where it grows in clusters.