Common fieldcap
A species of Agrocybe Scientific name : Agrocybe pediades Genus : Agrocybe
Common fieldcap, A species of Agrocybe
Scientific name: Agrocybe pediades
Genus: Agrocybe
Photo By Alan Rockefeller (Alan Rockefeller) , used under CC-BY-SA-3.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Description
Easily confused with other small, brown mushrooms, the common fieldcap is one of few that grows in springtime in various countries around the world. It appears in groups in pasture land, lawns, and other open, grassy areas. And there are many poisonous mushrooms that look extremely similar.
Colors
Brown
Yellow
Habitat
Appearing most commonly in lawns, woodchips, compost piles, and pastures, common fieldcaps can also grow in coastal dunes. They feed on detritus like decomposing plant matter and dung.
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General Info
Toxicity
Although potentially non-toxic, the common fieldcap is best avoided, especially by inexperienced mushroom hunters. It belongs to the so-called LBM (Little Brown Mushrooms) group of mushrooms and so it is too easy to confuse the common fieldcap with numerous LBMs which are mildly or deadly poisonous.
Habitat
Appearing most commonly in lawns, woodchips, compost piles, and pastures, common fieldcaps can also grow in coastal dunes. They feed on detritus like decomposing plant matter and dung.
Growth Form
Saprobic; alone or in group
Sporocarp Height
2-5 cm
Cap Diameter
1–3 cm
Endangered Species
No
Habit
Saprophytic
Substrate
On soil
Smell
Not distinctive, or mealy
Spore Print
Dark brown
Species Status
Common and widely distributed in North America.
How to identify it?
Photo By Alan Rockefeller (Alan Rockefeller) , used under CC-BY-SA-3.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Gilled fungi Family
Strophariaceae Genus
Agrocybe Species
Common fieldcap 
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