27 August 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then flattened, smooth, sometimes sticky, pale yellow brown, reddish brown with age, to about 4 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, greyish, mottled, with a pale edge, then dark brown with a pale edge Stem Equal, hollow, yellow brown, apex pale, sometimes with blackish cortinal remnants Flesh Yellowish Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat On peaty soil on heaths and moors Spore Print Dark brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (12-15) x (7-8) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical to slightly flask shaped. Gill face cystidia ventricose (swollen in the middle). Stem apex cystidia cylindrical. Edibility Inedible Notes Similar species include H. udum, H. ericaeoides and H. subericaeum |