Spores: medium sized, subglobose, 4-6 × 4-5 µm in diameter and minutely roughened.
Spore-print: white, not blueing in solutions of iodine.
General Information: T. atrata also grows on burnt soil and is very closely related, but differs in its spores being broadly ellipsoid and smooth. Mycena leucogala also grows on burnt soil (see [p. 88]).
Illustrations: T. anthracophila—LH 83. T. atrata—WD 4b.
Psathyrella pennata (Fries) Pearson & Dennis Bonfire brittle-cap
Cap: width 10-30 mm. Stem: width 1-3 mm; length 30-40 mm.
Description:
Cap: conical or bell-shaped then expanding and slightly umbonate, whitish because of a coating of dense fibrils, but soon becoming brownish as these are lost.
Stem: short, stout, white and densely floccose.
Gills: slightly adnate, pale brownish grey with pink tinge, then dark-brown.