October 2004 Oxfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then flattened, smooth, often with dark spots and a frosted appearance, margin often furrowed, grey brown to beige, to about 12 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, whitish then grey pink Stem Fairly stout, equal or club shaped, fibrous, concolorous with the cap Flesh White, firm, thick Smell Mealy Taste Sweet Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat In large groups and rings in meadows, pastures and unimproved grassland Spore Print Pale pink Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with small warts (4.5-6) x (3.5-4.5) µm2 Edibility Edible, good Notes This is not an easy species to identify. Look for the frosted cap surface with dark spots, and the furrowed margin |