October 2004 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, surface granular, margin ragged, yellowish brown, yellowish orange or ochraceous brown, about 15 to 50 mm across Gills Crowded, adnate to adnexed, white Stem Cylindrical, coarsely scaly beneath a +/- vestigial ring, smooth or finely scaly above, concolorous with the cap or darker Flesh Yellowish Smell Unpleasant, mouldy Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On soil on heaths, lawns and in coniferous woods Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to oblong, smooth, amyloid (5-7) x (2.5-3.5) µm2 Edibility Edible, poor Notes There are several similar species belonging to the same genus |