Weeping widow or Petticoat mottlegill

The cap is 3 to 10 cm across, occasionally 12 cm. It starts bell-shaped or hemispherical with an inrolled margin, then becomes convex to almost flat, usually with a low, broad bump.

The surface is dry and densely fibrous, woolly or finely scaly, with fibres radiating from the centre. It's tawny, ochre or yellow-brown, darker in the centre. A pale, ragged fringe of veil hangs from the edge and wears off with age.

The cap is 1.5 to 4 cm across, occasionally 5 cm. It starts egg-shaped or bluntly conical, then becomes bell-shaped and never flattens. It's grey-brown, pale brown or greyish, sometimes with reddish or olive tints and a darker centre. In dry weather it pales and often cracks.

Young caps have white triangular veil teeth hanging from the rim. They rub off easily, so older caps may have none.

The gills are attached and crowded, pale yellow-brown at first, then dark brown, mottled and almost black, with white edges. In damp weather droplets form along the edges, turn black with spores and leave dark spots. On young caps a cobweb-like veil covers the gills.

The spore print is black or blackish brown.

The gills are attached and crowded, grey at first, then mottled grey and black as the spores ripen in patches, and finally black. The gill edges are white.

The spore print is black.

The stem is 5 to 12 cm tall and 0.5 to 1.5 cm thick, whitish at the top and browner below, fibrous or scaly, hollow and brittle.

There's no true ring: near the top the veil leaves a fibrous ring zone that turns black with spores, like a pen line round the stem.

The stem is 5 to 12 cm tall and 2 to 4 mm thick, long and slender for the cap, the colour of the cap or paler, finely powdered at the top and darkening towards the base. It's hollow and brittle, with no ring.

The flesh is thin, whitish to watery brown, browner at the stem base, and doesn't change colour when cut.

The flesh is thin and pale.

The smell is indistinct.

The smell isn't distinctive.