| Psathyrella piluliformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Psathyrellaceae |
| Genus: | Psathyrella |
| Species: | P. piluliformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Psathyrella piluliformis | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Psathyrella piluliformis, commonly known as the clustered brittlestem, [2] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae.
It produces fruit bodies (mushrooms) with broadly convex caps measuring 2–5 cm (3⁄4–2 inches) in diameter. [3] The caps are chestnut to reddish brown, the color fading with age and with dry weather. [3] Fragments of the partial veil may remain on the cap margin, and as a wispy band of hairs on the stipe. [3]
The closely spaced gills have an adnate attachment to the stipe. [3] They are initially tan until the spores mature, when the gills turn dark brown. [3] The stipe is 2–7 cm tall and 3–7 mm wide, white, smooth, hollow, and bulging at the base. [3] The spore print is dark brown, sometimes purplish. [4]
Similar species include Psathyrella carbonicola, P. longipes , P. longistriata , P. multipedata, P. spadicea , and Parasola conopilus . [3] [5]
Fruiting occurs in clusters at the base of hardwood stumps. [3]
The species is considered edible but of low quality, [1] [6] with fragile flesh and being difficult to identify. [5]
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