CANTERBURY: Christchurch, NZMS 260 M36/85-45-, PDD 69635.

Pileus 30-70 mm diam., medium in thickness, convex when young, finally broadly convex to applanate, with copper brown to dark brown ( 10YR 5/6-4/4) scales at centre, decreasing towards margin, pale brown (5YR 6/4-5/6) to reddish (7.5R 5/8-5R 5/10) on bruising; margin inrolled when young, finally inrolled to straight, often with remnants of veil; lamellae insertion free, thin, crowded, pink (5R 9/2) when young, finally dark brown (5YR 3/2); edge concolorous, fertile; trama parallel to irregular. Stipe 20-40 x 8-15 mm, central, solid to fistulose, cylindrical, narrowing towards the base, white (N9.5) to cream-buff (2.5Y 9/2 to 5Y 9/1) above annulus, surface smooth, brownish (5YR 6/4-5/4) below annulus, surface floccose, browning (5YR 6/ 4-5/4) when bruised. Annulus pendant, broad, brown above, white (N9.5) below, surface streaked. Flesh white (N9.5), pale brown slowly becoming reddish (5R 6/6-6/8) upon cutting or bruising; odour and taste pleasant. Schaffer's cross-reaction negative.
Basidia 4-spored, 15-34 x 10-11 µm, clavate to broadly clavate, with sterigmata 3-5 µm. Basidiospores brown (5YR 4/4) in mass, size (7.2-)8.3(-9.4) x (4.9-)5.6(-6.3) µm, elongation (1.3-)1.5(-l.7) µm, pale brown to brown (2.5YR 4/4-5YR 4/4) in water, refractive centre (1-2 droplets), apiculus lateral, germ-pore not visible.

NEW ZEALAND Canterbury.

Gregarious or solitary, often in rings, lawn or pasture. Good edible quality.