October 2001 Devon. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Tongue-shaped, to 2cm high, head dark brown, broad, usually flattened, and often grooved, stem narrow, pale brown Flesh Brown, brittle Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat Unimproved grassland Microscopic Features Spores narrowly ellipsoidal, 1 or 2 oil drops, (12-14) x 4 µm2 Edibility Unknown Notes Note: the description comes from one collection on Dartmoor in 2001 
October 2001 Devon. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |