12 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Shaggy Pholiota Cap Convex, then flattened, covered with coarse dark scales, yellowish to reddish brown, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnate, crowded, pale yellow then reddish brown Stem Equal, often twisted, coarsely scaly, with a ragged apical ring, yellowish at the apex, reddish brown below Flesh Pale yellow, firm Smell Radish Taste Radish Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On living and dead deciduous trees, usually at the base Spore Print Rusty brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (6-9) x (3.5-5) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 12 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
21 October 2010 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
18 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
16 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |