October 2001 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, with a broad central bump, coarsely scaly, brown to dark brown, to about 4 cm across Gills Crowded, grey brown Stem Cylindrical, scaly, brown Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat In deciduous and coniferous woods Spore Print Walnut brown Microscopic Features Spores nodular, smooth (8-11) x (6-8) µm2. Basidia clavate, four spored. Gill cystidia clavate-pyriform, often with encrusted apices. Edibility Inedible 
October 2001 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |