October 2002 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Lepiota aspera Cap Convex, expanding, smooth, brown decorated with dark brown pyramidal warts, cracking to reveal the pale flesh below, margin overhanging, to about 18 cm across Gills Free, broad, crowded, white to cream Stem Cylindrical, whitish at the apex, fibrillose and brown below, sometimes hollow, ring apical, woolly, remnants visible on the stem in older specimens Flesh White, firm Smell Unpleasant, like Lepiota cristata Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On soil, and well rotted wood, in deciduous woods Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth, dextrinoid (6-10) x (2.5-3.5) µm2. Gill edge cystidia club shaped. Pileipellis formed from chains of ellipsoidal cells, some septa clamped. Edibility Inedible Notes The Echinoderma genus contains many similar looking species, the identification of which requires microscopy |