1 September 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Bell shaped, expanding with age, margin radially lined, greyish brown, to about 2 cm across Gills Gills adnate, distant, whitish Stem Slender, equal, concolorous with the cap Flesh White, thin, producing a white sap on cutting Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On woody debris and leaf litter in woods Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (10-13) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia 2 or 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia lageniform (flask shaped). Edibility Edible, poor 
1 September 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |