English: Fried chicken mushroom; Chicken of the gravel.
German: Brauner Rasling; Büschelige Rasling; Büschelrasling.
Synonym: Lyophyllum aggregatum.
Region: Europe; North America.
Habitat: on disturbed ground; man-made roads in gravel; roadbeds, gravel, paths, landscaping areas, sometimes in woods.
Use: edible, but caution due to confusing with toxic species.
MycologyDistinction: lack of distinct features.
Type: in dense, even huge clusters on the ground; taste faintly radish-like; fruiting in summer and fall.
Caps: smooth; varied in color; 4 to 12 cm wide; flesh firm, white.
Stipe: whitish to grayish; 5 to 10 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide.
Hymenium: gills are white, yellow slightly with age.
Spores: white.
TaxonomyLyophyllum decastes is similar in appearance to the toxic species Lyophyllum loricatum, Lyophyllum connatum, Clitocybe dilatata, Entoloma genus; Lyophyllum semitale, Lyophyllum fumosum, Pluteus petasatus.