14 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex with a narrow central bump, expanding with age, fibrous, yellow, orange or red, to about 5 cm across Gills Broad, fairly distant, yellow, then reddish brown Stem Equal, yellow, or orange with a yellow background, or red with a yellow background, pale at the apex, becoming more brown with age Flesh Pale yellow Smell Radish Taste Unpleasant Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On damp ground in deciduous woods, favouring willow and alder Spore Print Rust Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, warty (8-11.5) x (5-6.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This beautiful fungus is easily recognised by the distinctive colours and the habitat. The different colour forms can grow side by side. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 14 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2001 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |