17 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Omphalina grossula Cap Convex, expanding with age, sometimes with a central depression, smooth or finely scaly, margin sometimes lined, sometimes folded, greenish yellow to yellow, fading with age, to about 30 mm across Gills Decurrent, distant, thick, sometimes forked and veined, pale yellow Stem Equal, slender, smooth, pale yellow, base white woolly Flesh Fragile, whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Mild Season Summer to autumn Distribution Rare Habitat On rotten wood from conifers especially pine Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (7-10) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia two and four spored. Edibility Unknown 
17 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
17 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 17 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |