16 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical to bell shaped, expanding with age, often with a central bump, fibrillose, yellow brown to olivaceous brown, to about 8 cm across Gills Crowded, deep blood red Stem Cylindrical, pale yellow, fibrous, basal mycelium carmine red Flesh Pale yellow, ochraceous in the stem base Smell Faint, of radish or iodoform Taste Slightly bitter Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On soil, usually with pine, also reported with birch, oak and beech Spore Print Rust Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to almond shaped, rough-warty (6-7.5) x (4.5-5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This fungus is easily recognised by the silky yellow brown cap and blood red gills 
9 November 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |