About Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin
Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin has a hygrophanous cap that ranges from red-brown, or sometimes beige to ochre, and dries to a paler color. The cap may sometimes be slightly wrinkled, and reaches 1–3 cm in diameter. Its gills are white, fairly crowded, and attach to the stem anywhere from adnate to almost free. This species has a white spore powder. The stem grows up to 6 cm tall and at most 2 mm in diameter. It is bald, pale at the apex, reddish brown in its lower section, and dark brown or blackish at the base. Both the smell and taste are strongly of garlic. Its spores are roughly ellipsoid, measuring 7–11 μm by 3–5 μm. The cheilocystidia located on the gill edge are of the "broom cell" type, meaning they are club-shaped with several finger-like protuberances. This mushroom grows from summer through late autumn, and is most often found on conifer needles. It can also grow on sticks and other debris, on the bark of both conifers and deciduous trees, and on grasses and other plants. While it is usually a saprophyte, it has also been reported to be a parasite of grass. It is fairly common in northern and central Europe, present in the rest of Europe, and has been reported from eastern North America, North Africa, and Asia including Israel.
