23 November 2021 Farnham, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, becoming flattened with age, usually with a central depression, surface dry, smooth, sometimes cracking with age, orange to orange red, sometimes radially lined near the margin, margin often scalloped, about 1 to 5 cm across Gills Distant, broadly adnate sometimes with decurrent tooth, yellow to orange Stem Cylindrical or flattened, dry, smooth, yellow, yellow orange or orange, base white Flesh Firm, yellowish Smell Honey, especially when drying, and dried Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On soil in unfertiled grassland, including cemeteries and lawns Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, or ovoid, occasionally constricted, smooth (6-9) x (4-5.5) µm2, Q = 1.3 - 2.0. Basidia slender, usually 4 spored. Edibility Unknown Notes The specimens shown still had a strong smell of honey several months after collection. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 23 November 2021 Farnham, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |