Blue Roundhead - Stropharia caerulea

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Description

Cap is 3 to 8 cm, usually greeny bluish when young, but may fade to yellowy white with just a slight blue tinge in older specimens. The surface is often rather viscid.

Similar Species

The Peppery Roundhead looks similar but has a peppery smell.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

In grass and leaf litter.

When to see it

Autumn.

UK Status

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • StefanLews
    Field Near Brooksby College
    05 October 2021
  • David Nicholls
    Battram Wood
    17 October 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Willesley Woods
    07 October 2012

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Blue Roundhead
Species group:
Fungi
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Strophariaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
31
First record:
02/11/2011 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
21/11/2023 (Bedford, Frank)

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  • David Nicholls
    Willesley Woods
    07 October 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Gilroes Cemetery
    10 October 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    15 September 2015
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    15 September 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    02 November 2011
    faded old specimen
  • Graham Calow
    Sharnford
    28 October 2014
    old specimen
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    02 November 2011
  • Lostash
    Blaby By-pass Spinney
    04 November 2014
    Brown spores visible here.
  • David Nicholls
    Battram Wood
    17 October 2015
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    15 September 2015
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    15 September 2015
  • Ben Devine
    Freemans Meadows
    17 October 2014
  • Lostash
    Blaby By-pass Spinney
    04 November 2014
  • Lostash
    Blaby By-pass Spinney
    04 November 2014