October 2004 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, surface smooth when dry, very slimy when damp, yellow to ochraceous yellow, to about 8 cm Gills Crowded, pale lilac when young, pinkish brown with age Stem Club shaped, base somewhat to strongly bulbous, whitish, decorated with veil remnants which are rusty from spores, +/- pale lilac at the apex, veil yellowish when young Flesh Firm, white, with a greyish lilac tinge in the stem apex Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On soil in deciduous woods, especially with birch, hazel and beech Spore Print Rust Microscopic Features Spores sub-globose, warty (7-9) x (6-8) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
13 October 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2004 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |