5 September 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, with a narrow central bump, becoming flattened, felty, ochraceous brown, about 1 to 4 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, brown, margin serrated, pale Stem Equal, fibrous, sometimes with a faint ring zone near the apex, whitish then ochraceous brown with age Flesh Pale brown Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On sandy soil with birch and willow, also on dunes with Salix repens and Ammophila arenaria Spore Print Yellow brown Microscopic Features Spores bean shaped, smooth (7.5-10.5) x (5-6.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical, club shaped, or balloon shaped, forming short chains Edibility Inedible Notes According to the literature this species probably includes several closely related species |