Frosted fungi on a lawn

Frosted fungi on a lawn

Frost-covered mushrooms growing under a tree on a Perton front lawn. Could they possibly be Gymnopus fuscopurpureus? If so, a species so rare they haven’t been given a vernacular name. The only record of this species in the west midlands is in the grounds of Dudmaston Hall, where it no doubt turned up in the annual survey there by the Shropshire Fungus Group.

Frosted fungi on a lawn