27 November 2023 Farnham Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, covered with brown to blackish scales, no colour change with KOH, sometimes with veil remnants at the margin, to about 12 cm across Gills Free, broad, close, whitish, then pink, finally dark brown, bruising red Stem Equal or tapered, base +/- bulbous, whitish, ring fleshy Flesh Whitish to pale brownish, not or only slightly reddening, firm Smell Indistinct Taste Mild, mushroomy Season Summer to early winter, primarily autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On soil with trees Spore Print Dark brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (4.5-7.5) x (3.5-4.5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored, Gill edge cystidia globose to ovoid, septate Edibility Edible Notes Agaricus sylvaticus has a similar appearance and spores, with flesh which bruises bright red. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 27 November 2023 Farnham Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |