Four interesting species of Conocybe and one species of Pholiotina, recently recorded from western Europe, are described and illustrated. Conocybe merdaria, related to C. pubescens, is described as a new coprophytic species with the type locality in Westfalen, Germany. Another coprophytic species, C. magnispora, was found in the Netherlands and had not been reported from Europe before. The collections of c. farinacea in the Netherlands represent the first records of this species in continental Europe. It is demonstrated that the European records under the name C. fragilis, originally described from North America, in fact belong to a different species, viz. Galera incarnata. The new combination Conocybe incarnata is made. The species, known in Europe under the name of Conocybe plicatella or Galerella plicalella, appears to be different from the original description of Agaricus plicatellus from North America and to belong to the genus Pholiotina. The new name Pholiotina sulcata is introduced.