13 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Aniseed Cockleshell Cap Funnel shaped, surface smooth, yellow brown to chestnut brown, to about 6 cm across Gills Decurrent, distant, margin notched, pale buff Stem Ridged, concolorous with the cap Flesh Fawn to cinnamon, tough Smell Usually of aniseed Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In clumps on dead wood of deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sub-globose, with small spines (4.5-5.5) x (3.5-4.5) µm2 Edibility Edible |