17 October 2025 Near Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Rosy spike Cap Convex, then flat or funnel shaped, sticky, bright red then pinkish, about 2 to 5 cm across Gills Decurrent, distant, white then black with age Stem Cylindrical or tapered downwards, whitish with a distinct ring near the apex, +/- sticky Flesh Whitish, +/- tinged with pink Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In coniferous woods with 2 needled Pines Spore Print Black Microscopic Features Spores sub spindle shaped, smooth (17-20) x (5-5.5) µm2 Edibility Edible, poor Notes Often present with Suillus bovinus with which it is believed to form a symbiotic relationship 
15 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
With Suillus bovinus. 15 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
15 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |