Weeping Widow
Weeping Widow - Lacrymaria lacrymabunda
It has a hairy fibrillose cap with a bearded edge. The cap is yellow-brown in colour, with dark marbled gills with white fringed margins that exude droplets stained black with the spores. The stem is yellow brown with a ring zone that is often blackened by spores; scaly or hariry below the ring.
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
Grasslands etc.
Most common in late summer and autumn.
Widespread and common (Kibby, Vol.3, 2021)
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020
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