22 October 2005 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Plums and Custard Cap Convex, then flattened with a broad central bump, yellow, densely covered with purple fibrous scales, to about 12 cm across Gills Adnexed, broad, crowded, lemon yellow Stem +/- equal, yellow, covered with purple fibrous scales Flesh Pale yellow, firm Smell Of rotting wood Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood of conifers Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (7-8) x (5-6) µm2 Edibility Edible, poor Notes Take care not to confuse with the rare Gymnopilus dilepis |