(v) Fungi of moss-cushions
Many small species grow amongst moss cushions on tree trunks, tucked in crevices in walls or on the tops of old buildings. However, there is one genus of agarics, i.e. Galerina which is probably more typical than any other of such situations. There are many members of this genus whose small caps are found in the autumn pushing up through the moss plants. [Plate 78].
Galerina hypnorum (Fries) Kühner
Cap: width 4-6 mm. Stem: width 1 mm; length 20-40 mm.
Description:
Cap: hemispherical or bell-shaped, hygrophanous, orange-yellow, sand-colour, smooth and striate almost to the cap-centre.
Stem: smooth and similarly coloured to the cap.
Gills: yellow-tawny then rust-coloured, adnate emarginate, rather broad and somewhat distant.
Flesh: thin, yellow-tawny and with a smell of new meal.
Spore-print: rust-colour.