15/Jul/25, 7:49 PM
Kadriorg, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Eesti
Urban park, near roadside, Larix trees, grass-leaf humus
59°26'31.3"N 24°47'38.1"E
🌡️ 23°C 🌤️ Sunny after passing clouds
Original Instagram postChamaemyces fracidus
dewdrop dapperling
- Scientific identification
- Chamaemyces fracidus (Fr.) Donk
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Chamaemyces
Names across languages
- English: dewdrop dapperling
- German: Schwarzfleckiger Schmierschirmling
- Finnish: Tahmaukonsieni
- Estonian: Säärissirmik
- Russian: Хамемицес размягченный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2025-07-15.
Hymenium
A membranous, gill-like palisade of hyphae (~20 × 3–5 µm), lacking a true subhymenium
Cap
Convex to flattened, thin and delicate, smooth, pale yellowish straw-colored, developing dark spots when dry
Hymenium Attachment
Marginal (forms the underside edge of the cap)
Stipe
Cylindrical, smooth to slightly fibrillose, paler than cap, tapering slightly toward base; basal white mycelium present
Spore print
Spore print white, creamy, yellowy
Ecology
Ecology humus saprotrophic, nutrient-rich or calcareous soils, forests, woodlands, and pastures, along forest tracks and grassy margins, early summer to autumn
Description
Rare red list mushroom!!
Fruit body
Fruit body medium stipe 3–4 cm long, 7–10 mm thick
Dimensions
Cap 2.5–10 cm diameter
Description
Covered in dew-like orange droplets
Odour
Mildew or damp paper alike
Taste
Indistinct
Microscopy
Spores ovoid, smooth, 4–5 × 4 µm; binucleate, inamyloid; basidia 18–26 × 5–7.5 µm, 4-spored
Overview
Rare critically endangered (CR) mushroom features a thin, membranous cap atop a slender stipe
1962). Beih. Nova Hedwigia 5: 48.
Field encounters
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