1 November 2007 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name The Sickener Cap Convex, then flattened, smooth, margin sometimes furrowed, scarlet or cherry red, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnexed to free, whitish to pale cream Stem Club shaped, white Flesh Firm, brittle, white Smell Fruity Taste Very hot Season Summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On acid soil with pines or spruce Spore Print Whitish Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, warty and decorated with an incomplete network (7.5-10) x (6.5-8.5) µm2 Edibility Poisonous |