23 November 2021 Farnham, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, sometimes with a central bump, often flattened, surface slimy, yellow, orange yellow, rarely orange, translucently striate, to about 7 cm across Gills Adnexed, broad, white then yellow to orange with age Stem Cylindrical to flattened, with a longitudinal groove, surface dry, moist or slimy, concolorous with the cap, base white Flesh Whitish to yellowish, somewhat fragile Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On soil in unimproved grassland including cemetaries and heaths Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, ovoid or oblong, smooth (7-10.5) x (3.5-6.5) µm2 Edibility Edible but not worthwhile, and easily confused with other species |