22 August 2008 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Sharply conical, expanding with age, sometimes lobed, surface viscid to dry and fibrous, margin sometimes translucently lined, yellow to orange yellow, about 1 to 5 cm across Gills Adnexed or free, pale yellow to orange Stem Equal, dry, fibrous, yellow with a white base Flesh Concolorous with surface Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat Unimproved grassland Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to bean shaped, some constricted, smooth (11.5-14) x (5.5-7.5) µm2 Edibility Unknown Notes Similar to H. conica but without the blackening flesh 
17 October 2005 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |