Panellus mitis

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Panellus mitis

23 November 2013 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Cap

Shell shaped, often lobed, laterally attached to the substrate, skin elastic and peelable, white then pink, to about 2 cm across

Gills

Radiating from the point of attachment, whitish

Flesh

Thin, concolorous with cap

Smell

Indistinct

Taste

Indistinct

Season

Autumn to winter

Distribution

Infrequent

Habitat

On dead wood of conifers

Spore Print

White

Microscopic Features

Spores cylindrical (3.5-5) x (1-1.5) µm2

Edibility

Inedible

Panellus mitis

23 November 2013 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Panellus mitis

January 1997 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.