11 October 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Cup shaped, irregular, brown to reddish brown, to about 9 cm across Flesh Firm, brown Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat Usually on soil, occasionally on rotten wood Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, patterned, 2 droplets (17-20) x (9-12)µm2. Paraphyses equal, septate, tips slightly swollen. Asci tips blued in iodine. Edibility Poisonous unless well cooked 
11 October 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
An ascus viewed with a x40 microscope objective. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |