Psathyrella piluliformis
Species of fungus
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Psathyrella piluliformis, commonly known as the clustered brittlestem,[2] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae.
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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 | |
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Description
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
Similar species include Psathyrella carbonicola, P. longipes, P. longistriata, P. multipedata, P. spadicea, and Parasola conopilus.[3][5]
