4 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Tawny Grisette Cap Conical, then flattened, smooth, margin lined, orange brown, to about 9 cm across Gills Free, crowded, white Stem Tapered upwards, hollow, whitish, emerging from a fleshy sack, or volva Flesh White Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Spring to autumn Distribution Very common Habitat On acid soil in deciduous woods, favouring birch Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores spherical, smooth (9-12) µm Edibility Edible, but best avoided for fear of confusion with deadly poisonous species 
4 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
21 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |