23 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Herald of the Winter Cap Convex, then flattened, sometimes depressed, slimy, margin lined, dark brown, sometimes with orange tinges, sometimes with a pale margin, to about 6 cm across Gills Decurrent, broad, fairly distant, pale yellow Stem Fibrous, slimy below an apical ring like zone, pale yellow sometimes with a pale orange tinge Flesh Firm, pale yellow, bruising pale orange Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn, usually late in the season hence the common name Distribution Frequent Habitat In Pine woods Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (7-10) x (4-5) µm2 Edibility Edible, poor 
23 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |