14 October 2007 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical, centre with a distinctly narrow bump, expanding with age, fawn to mid brown, covered with white scales, to about 5 cm across Gills Crowded, buff when young, darkening with age Stem Cylindrical, fawn to mid brown, covered with woolly white veil remnants often forming a distinct ring Flesh Ochraceous brown Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Common Habitat On soil with birch trees Spore Print Rusty red Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to almond shaped, warty (7-8.5) x (4-5) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
14 October Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2001 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |