13 September 2025 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Pluteus chrysophaeus, Pluteus luteovirens Cap Convex, then flattened, smooth, sometimes finely wrinkled at the centre, margin lined, lemon yellow to greenish yellow, to about 4 cm across Gills Broad, crowded, free, white then pink Stem Slender, equal, smooth, finely lined, whitish Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On dead deciduous wood, favouring elm, beech and ash Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (5.5-7.5) x (4.5-6.5) µm2. Gill edge cystidia clavate to fusiform to lageniform. Gill face cystidia lageniform with a long neck. Cap cuticle cellular. Edibility Unknown Notes See also P. leoninus 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 13 September 2025 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap cuticle cells in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 13 September 2025 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 13 September 2025 The Vyne, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
3 September 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |