13 September 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Pholiota cerifera Cap Convex, then flattened, slimy, covered with dark slimy scales, yellow to yellow brown, to about 15 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, yellowish then reddish brown Stem +/- equal with a short lasting cottony ring at the apex, smooth at the apex, coarsely scaly below, yellow to yellow brown Flesh Yellow, firm Smell Indistinct Taste Bitter Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On dead wood of deciduous trees, favouring beech Spore Print Rusty brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (7-9) x (5-6) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This species is easily confused with P. limonella and P. adiposa 
13 September 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
9 September 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |