October 1997 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Top shaped to bracket shaped, upper surface felty when young, centre brownish, margin rounded, yellow, becoming brownish to blackish with age, to about 30 cm across Pores Irregular maze like, yellow green Stem Cylindrical to bulbous Flesh Rust brown, soft and succulent when young, tough when old Smell Pleasant Taste Sour Season Autumn, although old fruit bodies can be found throughout the year Distribution Common Habitat At the base of conifers, usually attached to the roots, often in fused groups Spore Print Whitish, tinged yellow Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal (5-7) x (3.5-4.5) µm2. Edibility Inedible 
12 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |