However, Mycena albopilosa possesses a basal disc at all stages, whereas M. alphitophora and its varieties lack a basal disc but instead have a swollen stem base covered with wooly hyphae.
Smith noted a superficial resemblance to Psathyrella fagicola, based on similarities in the nature of the cap cuticle, the coloring, and the stem base covered in silky fibers.
The stem, covered with rust-colored fuzz, will eventually turn into a trunk covered in coarse rust-colored rootlets, which absorb moisture from the air.
The surface is at first much like the stem: covered with bristles and dark chestnut brown.
One European species, Rubinoboletus rubinus, has a shape similar to C. piperatus, but has red pores and a stem covered in red dots.
The small mushroom is characterized by its grooved, grayish-brown to violet-brown cap up to 11 mm in diameter, and the slender grayish-brown to reddish-brown stem covered with minute, fine, soft hairs.
Tetrapyrgos nigripes (formerly treated in Marasmius) has white caps that are 5-10 mm in diameter, attached gills that are sometimes slightly decurrent, a dark stem covered with tiny white hairs that give it a powdered appearance, and triangular to star-shaped spores.
Also take off the center caps, wheel weights, valve stem covers, stickers, or anything else that might obstruct you when preparing and polishing your aluminum wheels.
Stir in the chard stems, cover with a lid or baking sheet and cook for five minutes until the stems are translucent and soft.
