Gymnopus dryophilus (Bull.) Murrill
Family: Marasmiaceae
Gymnopus dryophilus image
National Mushroom Centre  
Mata, M., D. Penjor and S. Pradham. 2010. Fungi of Bhutan. National Mushroom Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Name: No local name known

Edibility: Unknown

Habitat: Scattered to gregarious and on the ground among the pine leaves.

Description: Cap: 2-8 cm in size, papillate when young, up-lifted-umbilicate when mature, the margin is rolled upwards, coffee coloured when young then turns to light brown as it matures, decurved when young. Hymenophore: Adnexed gills when young and emarginated when matures,  clean white when young and cream white as it matures, crowded, with eroded margin, present of lamellulae. Stem: 3-10cm tall and 0.7-1.2cm wide at the apex, pinkish in colour when moist and fading buff when drying, hollow. Flesh: White Spore Print: White.

Comments: This honey-brown to buff-brown, Gymnopus lives up to its species name, seldom venturing far from oaks and among pine niddles. A close cousin, Rhodocollibia butyracea, is similarly coloured but has a lubricous cap, gills with finely scalloped edges, a cream spore print with a hint of pink, and a faintly striate stem.