11 November 2025 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Pluteus inquilinus Cap Convex, expanding with age, smooth, sometimes with veins at the centre, margin lined, initially brown, then whitish from the margin inwards, centre sometimes remaining pale brown, to about 3 cm across Gills Free, crowded, broad, white then pale pink Stem Equal, sometimes bulbous at the base, whitish, lined lengthwise Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Rarely reported, but quite common in parts of the New Forest Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring beech Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (6.5-8) x (5.5-6.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia mostly flask shaped, some club shaped. Gill face cystidia flask shaped. Cap cuticle cellular. Edibility Unknown Notes See also white forms of Pluteus plautus 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 11 November 2025 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 11 November 2025 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cuticle hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 11 November 2025 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill face cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cuticle hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |