19 April 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name St. George's Mushroom Cap Convex, expanding with age, smooth, white or cream, sometimes with pale ochraceous patches, to about 12 cm across Gills Narrow, crowded, white Stem Cylindrical to club shaped, white Flesh White, firm Smell Mealy Taste Mealy Season Spring. Appears soon after St. George's Day, 23rd April. Distribution Common Habitat On soil, with grass, at the edge of woods, and on roadside verges. Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (5-7) x (2-4) µm2 Edibility Edible, and considered good by some people, though many find the mealy taste unpleasant Notes Could be confused with the poisonous Entoloma sinuatum which occasionally appears in the Spring 
19 April 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |