| Species name | Conocybe rickenii |
| Common name | |
| Cap | 0.5-2.5cm, conical > bell-shaped, orange-brown and striated (when wet) to pale cream-brown and smooth/finely wrinkeled (when dry) |
| Gills | Cream > red-brown, distant, adnate |
| Stipe | 3-10cm, floury apex |
| Growth form | large trooping groups |
| Spore print | Red-brown |
| Spore features | Ellipsoidal, smooth, germ-pore present |
| Habitat | On old herbivore dung or litter |
| Season | Summer-Autumn |
| Distribution | Widespread, common |
| Identifying feature | Pale wrinkling cap |
| Similar species | Other Conocybe species are similar but differ in cap texture and growth form |
Irish Grassland Fungi 