Lyophyllaceae

Lyophyllum.

Fungi > Division Basidiomycota > Class Agaricomycetes > Order Agaricales > Family Lyophyllaceae.
The Lyophyllum genus has around 40 species.

Lyophyllum shimeji.
The young smooth hemispherical caps open up and become flat.
Up to 8 cm across they are dark grey when young then become paler.

The white cylindric stem is up to 8 cm long.
The whitish gills run down the stem for a short distance.

J.F.