October 2001 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Hygrocybe foetens Cap Convex, then flattened or depressed, lined, margin furrowed, orange brown to red brown, to about 3 cm across Gills Decurrent, thick, distant, pale brown Stem Equal, smooth, concolorous with the cap Flesh Firm, pale brown Smell Very strong, of moth balls Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat With deciduous trees and shrubs, and in grassland Microscopic Features Spores broadly ellipsoidal (5.5-7) x (4-5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes One of the collections illustrated was located by the smell 
October 2000 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |