19 October 2025 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, orange yellow to ochraceous yellow, paler at margin, glutinous, to about 12 cm across Gills Crowded, pale greyish white, with a lilac tinge when young Stem Cylindrical, broadening at the base, whitish, decorated with orange brown rings or scales from the remains of the veil Flesh Pale cream to pale yellow, firm, yellow on exposure to KOH solution Smell Indistinct or yeasty Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On soil in woods and parkland with birch trees Spore Print Rust Microscopic Features Spores almond shaped, warty (10.5-12.5) x (6-7) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
19 October 2025 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 19 October 2025 Woodland Trust Home Farm, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
7 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 7 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
7 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2004 Dartmoor, Devon. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |