Young specimens with Yew and Willow. 20 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, smooth when young, breaking up into coarse scales, pinkish brown to reddish brown, margin when young connected to the stem by a white cobweb like veil, about 15 to 50 mm across Gills Free, broad, close, white to cream Stem +/- equal, fibrous, white, the lower half decorated with pinkish scales Flesh Firm, pale Smell Fruity, sweet, somewhat unpleasant Taste Do not taste Season Autumn Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On soil in deciduous woods, and in parks and gardens Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth, dextrinoid (6-7.5) x (3-4) µm2 Edibility Deadly poisonous 
20 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 20 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap cuticle hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |