16 June 2007 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Inocybe patouillardii Cap Convex, expanding with age, with a broad central bump, fibrous, white, staining red with age, to about 8 cm across Gills Adnexed, crowded, white, then pale brown, bruising red Stem Equal, base slightly expanded, white, staining red with age Flesh White, faintly red on cutting Smell Indistinct when young, strongly unpleasant in older specimens Taste Do not taste Season Summer to early autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In deciduous woods, usually on chalk soil, favouring beech, hazel and birch Spore Print Dull brown Microscopic Features Spores bean shaped, smooth (10-13) x (5.5-7) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia club shaped to cylindrical. Edibility Poisonous 
2 October 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |