With Yew in a church yard. 22 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Rhodocybe truncata Cap Convex, then flattened, finely scaly, margin inturned and sometimes scalloped, pinkish brown to dark reddish brown, about 3 to 10 cm across Gills Broad, emarginate to sub-decurrent, whitish to cream then pinkish, sometimes with brown spots Stem Cylindrical, sometimes expanded at the base, lined, whitish to pinkish brown Flesh Firm, whitish Smell Sweet, nutty, pleasant Taste Mealy Season Summer to autumn Distribution Rarely reported Habitat Usually on nitrogen rich soil in deciduous woods, more rarely with conifers, and very rarely on dunes with Leymus arenarius (Lyme grass) Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, broadly ellipsoidal, angular in some views, coarsely warty (4.5-7)x(3.5-5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical. Cap cuticle consisting of interwoven short celled hyphae about 4-8 µm wide. Edibility Unknown, avoid 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 22 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 22 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
10 September 2020 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 10 September 2020 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 22 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap cuticle hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 22 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |