19 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, sometimes with a broad central bump, margin sometimes undulating, viscid when moist, pinkish brown, dark brick or orange brown, sometimes with a greyish pruina especially at the margin, to about 6 cm across Gills Broad, crowded, emarginate, edge finely serrated, whitish becoming pinkish brown then dark brown, margin pale Stem Equal, sometimes expanded at the base, hollow, finely scaly, whitish to pale pinkish brown Flesh Firm, whitish to cream Smell Radish or cocoa Taste Bitter Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat With deciduous and coniferous trees Spore Print Reddish brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal or almond shaped, finely warty, strongly dextrinoid (8-11) x (4-5.5) µm2. Basidia cylindrical to club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical to club shaped. Edibility Unknown 
19 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 19 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 19 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 19 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |