2 October 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Top shaped, often several fused together, surface velvety then smooth, radially ridged, zoned, margin whitish when young, centre pinkish, then dark reddish brown, to about 8 cm across Spines Decurrent, pinkish, then dark brown, to 4 mm long Flesh Thin, fibrous, reddish brown Smell Strong, mealy Taste Mealy Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In deciduous and coniferous woods Spore Print Brown Microscopic Features Spores subspherical, knobbly (4-5.5) x (3-3.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes The flesh exudes a blue green stain when exposed to an alkali such as ammonia solution. This test separates the species from the rather similar H. scrobiculatum 
2 October 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 September 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 September 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 September 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |