13 September 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical, expanding with age, usually with a central peak, fibrous, brown with white patches, to about 8 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, white, then brown with age Stem Equal, slightly expanded at the base, white then brown with age Flesh White Smell Fruity Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In deciduous woods, favouring beech Spore Print Walnut-brown Microscopic Features Spores bean shaped, smooth (9-12) x (4.5-6.5) µm2. Basidia clavate, four spored. Gill edge cystidia club shaped. Edibility Poisonous 
13 September 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
13 September 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2001 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |