24 September 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex with a central bump, expanding with age, fibrous, whitish to greyish often with a frosted bloom especially at the centre, to about 20 cm across Gills Adnexed, crowded, pale yellow then pale pink Stem +/- equal, smooth, white Flesh Firm, white Smell Mealy Taste Unpleasant Season Usually autumn but also in the spring Distribution Infrequent Habitat In deciduous woods, favouring beech and oak, often in large groups Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores angular, usually with 6 sides (8-11) x (7-9.5) µm2 Edibility Poisonous 
24 September 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
24 September 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 24 September 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
15 October 2006 Essex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
17 October 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |