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- distinctive conical head with a small point or nipple on the tip. They are yellow to brown in colour and the caps are slimy when moist.
- stems tend to be long, slightly wavy and the same colour or slightly lighter than the cap
- mushroomy taste
- gills are darker than the outer cap
- Growing in grassy meadows and in wet, south-facing fields and other areas well fertilised by; rich soil or cattle feces.
The Phrygian cap is also known as the liberty cap, which it resembles. The Latin word for Phrygian cap is pileus, the scientific name for the "cap" of a fungal fruiting body. In the 18th century Phrygian caps were stuck on Liberty poles. The name can be broken down into the Greek "psilo" (bald) and "cybe" (head), and the Latin "semi" (half) and "lanceata" (lanced or pierced).
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