1 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Bleach cup Fruiting Body Disk or cup shaped, often becoming flattened, irregular, upper surface smooth, veined, reddish brown, underside whitish, scurfy, attached to the soil by a partially buried short thick stem, to about 15cm across Flesh Whitish, brittle Smell Bleach Taste Bleach Season Spring Distribution Infrequent Habitat In woods, hedgerows and lawns, sometimes growing in large numbers, favouring bare soil Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal (19-25) x (12-15) µm2 Edibility Poisonous when raw, edible and excellent when thoroughly cooked Notes Easily recognised by the smell of bleach 
1 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
1 April 2008 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |