7 November 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then expanded, bright yellow, often darker at the centre, to about 6 cm across Gills Broad, free, crowded, whitish then salmon pink, sometimes yellow near the cap margin Stem Equal or slightly tapered, smooth, finely lined along the length, whitish, then flushed yellow from the base Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring beech Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (6-8) x (5-6) µm2. Cap hyphae filamentous. Edibility Inedible Notes This fungus could be confused with Pluteus chrysophaeus. It is distinguished by the filamentous cap hyphae. 
7 November 2009 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
31 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
31 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
31 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cuticle hyphae in Congo Red viewed with a x20 objective and x2.5 projection lens. 31 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill cystidia in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective and x2.5 projection lens. 31 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |