15 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Rosy Spike Cap Convex, then flat or funnel shaped, sticky, bright red then pinkish, about 2 to 5 cm across Gills Decurrent, distant, white then black with age Stem Cylindrical or tapered downwards, whitish with a distinct ring near the apex, +/- sticky Flesh Whitish, +/- tinged with pink Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In coniferous woods with 2 needled Pines Spore Print Black Microscopic Features Spores sub spindle shaped, smooth (17-20) x (5-5.5) µm2 Edibility Edible, poor Notes Often present with Suillus bovinus with which it is believed to form a symbiotic relationship 
With Suillus bovinus. 15 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
15 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |