1 November 2013 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Brick Caps Cap Convex, centre brick red, margin whitish to pale red and decorated with veil remnants, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, pale yellow then olive brown Stem Equal, scaly, whitish to pale yellow, reddish towards the base Flesh Pale yellow, brown in stem base Smell Indistinct Taste Bitter Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On stumps and dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print Chocolate-brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal (6-8) x (3-4.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia hair shaped. Gill face cystidia club shaped. Edibility Inedible 
1 November 2013 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
29 October 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |