15 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical, then flattened, sometimes with a central bump, smooth, margin lined, orange brown, to about 6 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, thin, orange brown Stem Tapered, smooth, banded with a thin ring, whitish to brown Flesh Brown Smell Mealy Taste Mealy Season Spring to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood from deciduous and coniferous trees Spore Print Rust-brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, warty (8-10.5) x (5-7) µm2 Edibility Deadly poisonous Notes Take care not to confuse with Kuehneromyces mutabilis and Psathyrella piluliformis |