11 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, smooth when dry, slimy when damp, chestnut brown, margin pale, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnate to emarginate, off white, developing brown spots with age Stem Equal, whitish with reddish brown fibres Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Slightly bitter Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat In deciduous woods, especially with beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (6-7.5) x (3.5-5) µm2 Edibility Poisonous 
October 2004 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |