16 November 2021 Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, sometimes with a broad central bump, smooth, violet to brown, to about 80 mm across Gills +/- close, emarginate to adnate, violet to pinkish brown Stem Cylindrical, fibrous, pale violet to brownish Flesh Firm, pale lilac brown Smell Scented Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On soil in fields, at the edges of woods, and on compost heaps and piles of grass cuttings Spore Print Pinkish Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with small warts (5.5-7) x (3.5-4) µm2. Basidia clavate, 4 spored. Cystidia absent. Edibility Edible 
16 November 2021 Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 16 November 2021 Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2007 Ashridge Forest, Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |