Agrocybe rivulosa

Agrocybe rivulosa

Alternative names
Wrinkled Fieldcap
Description

The cap is pale brown, initially conical but flattening with age, radially wrinkled and veined.  The stem is pale cream, darker towards the base, and with a thin pendent ring. The spores are brown.

Similar Species

other Agrocybe. 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view, and underneath to show gills and full length of stipe, including stem base; note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

On woodchip piles

When to see it

It is found in summer and autumn.

UK Status

An alien speces first recorded in Britain in 2004, now common  

VC55 Status

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

No additional images available for this species.

All NatureSpot records