26 October 2007 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, with a broad central bump, finely scaly, margin furrowed, reddish brown, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnate to emarginate, broad, yellow, developing brown spots with age Stem Equal, reddish brown, apex pale Flesh White to pale yellow Smell Mealy Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Common Habitat In deciduous and mixed woods, favouring birch, but also with beech and oak Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (5-7) x (3.5-5) µm2 Edibility Possibly poisonous 
October 2004 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |