Patchwork Simocybe (Simocybe centunculus)
Hat:
the hat is small, only 2,5 cm. In a young mushroom, the hat has the shape of a hemisphere with strongly tucked edges. As the mushroom matures, the cap opens and becomes slightly convex, sometimes taking on a prostrate shape, but not often. The color of the surface of the cap varies from olive-brown to dirty gray. In young mushrooms, the cap is colored more evenly, but with age in the center, the cap differs in color intensity. Along the edges of the cap, as a rule, thin, with visible plates. The surface of the cap is dry.
Pulp:
thin flesh with a slight indefinable smell.
Records:
not frequent, narrow, adhering to the stem, intermittent. In young mushrooms, the teeth of the plates are painted white, combined with a darker base, which creates a contrasting effect. In mature mushrooms, the plates are colored more evenly, mostly in a gray-brown color.
Spore Powder:
clayey, brown.
Leg:
curved leg, up to four centimeters high, 0,5 centimeters thick. The surface of the stem is smooth; in young mushrooms, the stem is slightly pubescent. There are no fragments of a private bedspread on the leg.
Spread:
Simocybe Patchwork bears fruit on the remains of well-rotted trees, most likely the mushroom bears fruit throughout the mushroom season.
Similarity:
This fungus is easily mistaken for almost any small brown fungus that grows on rotting wood. All sorts of small Psatirrels are especially similar to Simotsib. At the same time, the characteristic color of the spore powder and unusual plates, if not exactly pointing to Simocybe centunculus, then definitely allow us to suspect that the fungus belongs to this little-known, but widespread species. The main feature of the fungus is the increased contrast of the plates. Of course, this does not guarantee that we are exactly in front of Samotsibe Patchwork, but this does not mean that we are definitely facing, not an ordinary Psatirella.
Edibility:
Nothing is known about the edibility of the mushroom, but trying it all is not recommended.