With beech and oak. 26 September 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Bell shaped, expanding with age, sometimes with a depression or a bump at the centre, very slimy, centre dark brown, margin pale brown to whitish, about 2 to 4 cm across Gills Decurrent, distant, white Stem Cylindrical, dry and scaly at the apex, slimy below, whitish to pale brown Flesh White Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to early winter Distribution Rare Habitat In woods with beech and oak Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (8.5-12) x (5.5-7.5) µm2 Edibility Unknown Notes The two collections shown are from the same site 
With beech and oak. 10 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
26 September 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 26 September 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |