Hairy Leg Bell

Description:

Cap 3-12 mm x 3-6 mm, obtusely conic, aging to campanulate to convex, margin saw-toothed, apex blunt, surface densely pruinose, pale red to red-brown with even darker central disc and striations the full length of cap, fading to pale yellow when drying. Gills pale ochre, darkening to sienna or tawny in age, edges eroded or saw-toothed and white-encrusted with cystidia. Stem 20-45 mm long x 1-2 mm thick, equal, fragile, almost brittle, pale fulvous or cinnamon when young, aging to dark fulvous or rusty-tawny, covered with caulocystidia giving it a distinct pruinose or spiny appearance; no veil visible even in young buttons. Odor and taste not distinct.

Habitat:

On moss under conifers (pines) in Seih-Sou, the suburban forest of Thessaloniki, Greece.