Summary:
Galerina subfiliformis is characterized by a small, conic, pale cap, a pale stem, a thin veil, and spores that are large, pale ochraceous tawny, and smooth, (Smith). The description is derived from Smith(2).

Gills:
adnate, ascending, subdistant to distant, broad; pale ochraceous tawny when old

Stem:
1-3cm long and less than 0.1cm wide, equal, fragile; very pale honey-color; top pruinose, base with pallid fibers from thin veil

Veil:
thin veil leaves pallid fibers on lower stem

Microscopic spores:
spores 10-14 x 6-7 microns, ovate in face view, obscurely inequilateral in side view, smooth, pale ochraceous tawny in KOH; basidia 4-spored; pleurocystidia none, cheilocystidia 26-46(57) x 7-11 x 3.5-4.5(5) x 3.5-6(8) microns, "fusoid-ventricose with narrow necks and unenlarged to slightly enlarged to subcapitate apices"; clamp connections present

Spore deposit:
[presumably a shade of brown]

Notes:
Var. subfiliformis, described here, is found at least in WA and MI, var. cucullata in ME, and var. pallidipes in QC, (Smith). There are 4 BC collections of G. subfiliformis by O. Ceska at the University of British Columbia, 2 specified as var. subfiliformis and the others unspecified.

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