19 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Initially convex, soon becoming funnel shaped, smooth, buff to pale pink, to about 20 cm across Gills Decurrent, crowded, pale pink Stem Equal, base swollen and woolly, buff to pale pink Flesh White, firm Smell Faint, pleasant Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat In deciduous and mixed woods, especially with oak and beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (6.5-7) x (5-6) µm2 Edibility Edible Notes Take care not to confuse with other large pale coloured fungi such as C. nebularis, Lactarius vellereus and Leucopaxillus giganteus 
16 October 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
16 October 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
16 October 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2004 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |