September 1998 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, felty, becoming smooth with age, dark grey mottled with sepia, to about 10 cm across Pores Whitish, brusing pink Stem Club shaped, whitish, decorated with dark scales, brusing green Flesh Pink in the cap, blue green in the stem base Smell Pleasant Taste Pleasant Season Summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat With birch Spore Print Ochraceous buff Microscopic Features Spores spindle-shaped (13-21) x (4.5-6.5) µm2 Edibility Edible 
14 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |