16 September 2025 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Club shaped, coarsely wrinkled lengthwise, apex rounded, pale yellow when young, brownish with age, surface staining orange with KOH, about 8 to 30 cm tall Flesh Firm, pale yellow Smell Indistinct or unpleasant Distribution Infrequent Habitat On soil in woods, favouring beech, solitary or in groups Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (8.5-16.5) x (4.5-8) µm2 Edibility Said to be edible, best avoided 
15 October 2024 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
15 October 2024 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
15 October 2024 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |