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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Strophariaceae
Genus:	Cyclocybe
Species:	C. erebia
Binomial name
Cyclocybe erebia Fries

Shroomysean/sandbox Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is decurrent or subdecurrent
	Stipe has a ring
	Spore print is brown
	Ecology is saprotrophic

Cyclocybe erebia, also known as the dark fieldcap, or sometimes Agrocybe erebia, is a species of brown-spored agaric with a wide distribution. It occurs in the Americas, Europe, and parts of Oceania. It is a member of the family Strophariaceae.

Description

Appearance

The following is a condensed version of Michael Kuo's page .

The color of the cap can range from a light brown color to a darker brown color. When wet, it is slimy, or viscid. The cap can range from 1.5 to 5 centimeters, with younger caps being very round. The edge of the cap is often frilled or wrinkly, and more lightly colored. Decurrent gills are present underneath the cap. They are whitish at first, but they become brown with maturity. The stipe is whitish, browning with age, 4-8cm long, and 3-10mm thick. The flesh does not stain.

When young, a partial veil is present, covering the hymenium. It later seperates from the margin, sometimes leaving behind a white ring.

Microscopic features

The spores measure 10–15 x 5–7 µm, and are ellipsoid or subellipsoid, often with a snout-like end, and are brown or yellow-brown.

The basidia are 2-sterigmate