28 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, smooth when dry, slimy when moist, cream, pinkish or ochraceus, covered with reddish brown velar remnants, to about 10 cm across Gills Emarginate, broad, crowded, whitish or pinkish when young, becoming reddish brown Stem Cylindrical, often broader at the base, attached to a long tapered tap root or rhizoid, whitish, becoming brown from the base, covered with woolly scales, ring membranous Flesh Firm, white Smell Strong, almonds or marzipan Taste Mild to bitter Season Summer to autumn Distribution Rarely reported Habitat On rich soil in deciduous woods, favouring beech, growing from a long buried rhizoid that reaches down to an animal's latrine or the buried remains of a dead animal Spore Print Snuff brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal or almond shaped, warty, dextrinoid (8-10.5) x (4.5-6) µm2. Basidia clavate, mostly four spored, some two spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical, irregular, often with expanded tips. Edibility Poisonous 
28 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 28 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 28 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |