4 November 2021 Brookwood, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, smooth, cracking with age, dry, brown to grey brown, sometimes translucently radially lined, margin pale, about 1 to 4 cm across Gills Emarginate, broad, fairly crowded, whitish to pale grey Stem Cylindrical, or tapered towards the base (see photos), fibrous, white to pale grey Flesh Firm, whitish Smell Mealy Taste Mealy Season Summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On soil in unimproved grassland Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores pip shaped to ovoid, inamyloid (5-6.5) x (4-5) µm2. Edibility Unknown 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 4 November 2021 Brookwood, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |