Thanks for keeping my mushroom quest alive. I think it is an Inocybe as well! Perhaps a Grayish Inocybe, but I cannot seem to find a photograph of one yet. I am hoping to go to a "book library" tomorrow and find out more info on them. I will let you know...

PEACE WIND

I was thinking of Inocybe as well but I too can't get an positive ID.

As a rule, most Inocybe's aren't edible and without a microscope are difficult to positively id as well.

Mark

I can't find a match in my guide. The inocybes in my book don't have that inturned margin or the wavy gills :?

I don't think that the wavy gills and fluted margin are necessarily common to this (mysterious) species of mushroom. It is a mutation to the extreme! So if anyone finds a mushroom that fits my description (except for the wavy/fluting part) then it may be the proper ID.

I'd have to say it looks like whatever it is it has suffered from a dried cap at some point.that caused the mushroom to crack but it kept growing and the cap couldn't keep up.that may cause the wavy gills as well.
without the wavy gills and a smooth cap it would look like a field mushroom I think.
just my .02

Your thoughts on my mushroom having experienced some dryness are interesting and may even be accurate. Something had to have caused the mutation...

However the Field or Meadow Mushroom has a veil, purplish/chocolate-brown spores, pink gills, and grows in the open, all features that don't fit my "Mysterious Wild Mushroom".

Does anyone have some detailed information on the Grayish Inocybe? In particular the colour of the spore print, habitat, and photos...

Thanks!