located another cap mushroom. This one was all alone in a bed of pine leaf litter as well as oak and some other unidentified materials.
cap is convex/ dome shaped. Colored slightly brown on the cap. Stipe is hollow and about 6 cm.
very difficult to ID because of the lack of distinct features. Grey/brown spores.
3/20/2012
Took a visit to the local library and flipped through the pages of National Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms
Possibly:
White Dunce Cap (560) Conocybe lactea
Matches the description pretty well
http://urbanmushrooms.com/index.php?id=26
look alikes stated as: C. crispa and Brown Cone head (C. tenera)
Not Conocybe crispa and not conocybe tenera...
Only option at this point is Conocybe lactea, let me see if I can gather more information on the fungus.
I believe the ID is correct, White Dunce Cap it is!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conocybe_apala
Notice such defining characteristics as hollow stipe and brown/ reddish-brown spores.
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