Gymnopus erythropus

Hat: without stripes or slightly striped, reddish-brown, quickly fading to ochraceous beige and then cream.

Blades: adnexed, cream.

Foot: pale near the hat and reddish-brown to orange-brown on the rest, hollow, usually twisted in adults.

Flesh: whitish on the cap and reddish on the foot.

Spores: 6-8 x 3-4.5 μm, more or less elliptical, non-amyloid.

Taste : sweet.

Odour : faint.

WHERE TO FIND IT AT AROUCA GEOPARK

Fruiting Season October - December

Dimension Hat: 1-6 cm | Foot: 2-5 X 0.2-0.4 cm

Habitat On the ground or in woody debris, especially under deciduous trees.

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