With pine, spruce and birch. 26 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Hebeloma leucosarx Cap Convex, expanding with age with a broad central bump, viscid when moist, whitish to cream, pinkish buff or ochraceous, about 2 to 7 cm across Gills Fairly broad, crowded, emarginate, edge finely serrated and sometimes with droplets, whitish becoming clay buff, margin remaining pale Stem Equal or slightly bulbous at the base, whitish, finely scaly Flesh Whitish, ochraceous from the base upwards with age Smell Radish Taste Radish or bitter Season Autumn Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat Usually with broadleaved trees, but also with conifers Spore Print Dark brick Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal or almond shaped, finely warty, strongly dextrinoid (9-13) x (5.5-7) µm2. Basidia club shaped, two to four spored. Gill edge cystidia slenderly club shaped, to about 12 µm wide, sometimes expanded at the base, sometimes forked. Edibility Unknown Notes Identified from the description in The Genus Hebeloma by Jan Vesterholt. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 26 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 26 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |