25 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, with a central bump, radially fibrillose, surface dry to slimy, brown, yellowish brown, to orange to pale reddish, margin paler, about 3 to 8 cm across Gills Fairly distant, broad, decurrent to adnate, white Stem Cylindrical, whitish, dry Flesh Whitish, firm Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn to mid winter Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On soil with deciduous trees, favouring oak Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (6-10) x (4.5-6) µm2. Basidia 4 spored. Edibility Unknown, but should not be collected due to rarity 
A crop from the previous image. 25 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 25 December 2023 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |