13 October 2005 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Poison pie Cap Convex, expanding with age, often with a broad central bump, surface viscid, whitish to pale brown, centre darker, yellowish to ochraceous brown, to about 10 cm across Gills Crowded, whitish, becoming pale to dark brown with age, edges often decorated with droplets Stem Cylindrical to club shaped, whitish, covered with coarse scales Flesh Whitish, firm Smell Radish Taste Bitter Season Autumn Distribution Common Habitat In woods with broadleaf and coniferous trees Spore Print Rust Microscopic Features Spores almond shaped, warty, inamyloid (9.5-13) x (5-7) µm2. Gill edge cystidia clavate to broadly clavate, often slender and flexuose. Edibility Poisonous Notes There are several similar looking species. |