14 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical to bell shaped, expanding with age, usually with a central bump, smooth to fibrillose, yellow, orange or red, to about 5 cm across Gills Crowded, yellow, then brown, edge paler Stem Cylindrical, pale yellow, decorated with remains of the orange red veil except at the apex Flesh Reddish yellow in the cap, yellow in the stem, yellow to yellow brown in the stem base Smell Indistinct or faintly of iodoform Taste Unpleasant Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On damp soil with willow and alder Spore Print Rust Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, warty (8-11.5) x (5-6.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This beautiful fungus is easily recognised by the distinctive colours and the habitat. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 14 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2001 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |