31 October 2007 Essex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Gymnopilus spectabilis Cap Convex, covered with fibrous scales, with veil remnants at the margin, saffron, orange or ochre, to about 15 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, narrow, yellowish to rust brown, often with brown spots Stem Cylindrical or club shaped, pale yellow to orange brown, with a fleshy apical ring Flesh Yellowish, firm Smell Indistinct Taste Bitter Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat At the base of living deciduous trees, and on dead wood of deciduous trees Spore Print Rust-brown Microscopic Features Spores almond shaped, coarsely warty (8-10) x (5-6) µm2 Edibility Poisonous 
31 October 2007 Essex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |