November 2002 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Bell shaped, with a scalloped margin, pale brown, radially lined, to about 2 cm across Gills Adnate with decurrent tooth, whitish to pale pink Stem Equal, slender, hollow, pale yellow Flesh Thin, whitish Smell +/- mealy Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On acid soil, and on woody debris, in woods and on heaths Spore Print Cream Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (8-10) x (4-5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This fungus is easily recognised by the thin elastic cap cuticle |