Species:
Candolleomyces candolleanus, Homotypic synonym: Psathyrella candolleana
- Scientific name:
- Candolleomyces candolleanus, Homotypic synonym: Psathyrella candolleana
- Arabic name:
- فطرالقرص الحبري
- French name:
- Psathyrelle de de Candolle, Hypolome de Candolle
- English name:
- Common Crumblecap, Pale brittlestem
- Habitat:
- Growing alone or gregariously in lawns, pastures, and cultivated areas, in woods; typically near recently dead hardwood trees, their roots, stumps
- Surrounding vegetation:
- Woodland or in well-shaded grassland.
- Ecological niche:
- Saprobic, appearing in small groups or occasionally singly on soil in woodland or in well-shaded grassland.
- Chromosome Number:
- -
- Genome size:
- -
- Cap:
- Thin-fleshed and very crumbly; broadly umbonate when fully expanded.
- Gills / pores:
- Gills are adnexed, crowded and initially white, becoming pinky-grey and eventually dark brown.
- - Stem:
- Up to 6cm tall, with a diameter of 3 to 5 mm; white and very brittle.
- Dimensions:
- Gills are adnexed, crowded and initially white, becoming pinky-grey and eventually dark brown.
- - Color(s):
- Cap colour varies, but is usually brownish when young becoming much paler at maturity.
- Texture, other traits:
- Very thin; fragile.
- Kingdom Fungi
- Phylum Basidiomycota
- Class Agaricomycetes
- Order Agaricales
- Family Psathyrellaceae
- Genus Candolleomyces
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