Spring fieldcap or Agrocybe arvalis

Small, 1.5–3 cm across. Bell-shaped in young mushrooms, opening wider with age. Light brown, evenly colored, with no distinctive spots or zoning. Surface smooth and dry.

Up to 8 cm across. In young mushrooms whitish or yellowish in the center, turning ocher-brown or ocher-gray with time. The surface is smooth, convex at first, then opening out. Fleshy to the touch.

Gilled hymenophore. Gills narrow, attached to the stem, pale at first, turning brownish-rusty as they mature — from the color of the spore print.

Gilled spore-bearing surface. In young mushrooms the gills are white, gradually darkening to brown — that is the spore color showing through.

Thin and tall for such a small mushroom: 4–7 cm high but only 2–3 mm thick. Threadlike; at the base it runs down to a sclerotium — a firm, tuber-like knot in the soil from which the mushroom grows. No ring, no volva.

Cylindrical, up to 8 cm tall. The upper part is white, the base brown. It has a narrow white ring — a key identification feature. No volva.

flesh thin, brittle, without any distinct color. No characteristic changes when cut.

Thin, fleshy, without a strong color change when cut. Pale in a fresh mushroom.

No distinct smell. The fresh mushroom lacks the strong notes that help you recognize other species — just an ordinary plant-like, mushroomy tone.

Faintly mealy, like fresh flour.