15 October 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Shell shaped, sometimes with thick hairs on the upper surface close to the point of attachment, attached to the substrate laterally, grey to dark grey, to about 1 cm across Gills Thin, narrow, somewhat distant, grey Flesh Thin, grey Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn to early winter Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood and woody debris Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores spherical to sub-spherical, smooth (4-5) µm Edibility Unknown Notes Some authorities consider forms with hairs on the upper surface to be a separate species known as R. trichotis. However, the two forms are microscopically identical, and according to some authors, intermediate forms are not uncommon. This rarely reported species is easily missed due to its small size 
15 October 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
December 1996. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |