25 October 2013 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, smooth, expanding with age, sometimes with a central bump, margin sometimes translucently lined, grey brown to sepia, bruising black, to about 7 cm across Gills Adnate or emarginate, cream to pale brown, turning black with age or on bruising Stem Cylindrical, greyish, turning black with age or on bruising Flesh Whitish, turning black on cutting Smell Mealy Taste Mealy Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat In coniferous woods Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (6-8) x (4-5) µm2. Edibility Unknown Notes The specimens were identified using the keys and descriptions in Funga Nordica. 
Spores viewed with a x100 immersion objective and x2.5 projection lens. 25 October 2013 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |