19 September 2025 Near Thedden Grange, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Rhodocybe truncata Cap Convex, then flattened, finely scaly, margin inturned and sometimes scalloped, pinkish brown to dark reddish brown, about 3 to 10 cm across Gills Broad, emarginate to sub-decurrent, whitish to cream then pinkish, sometimes with brown spots Stem Cylindrical, sometimes expanded at the base, lined, whitish to pinkish brown Flesh Firm, whitish Smell Sweet, nutty, pleasant Taste Mealy Season Summer to autumn Distribution Rarely reported, but quite frequent in the cemeteries in Surrey and Hampshire that I have visited Habitat Usually on nitrogen rich soil in deciduous woods, more rarely with conifers, and very rarely on dunes with Leymus arenarius (Lyme grass) Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, broadly ellipsoidal, angular in some views, coarsely warty (4.5-7)x(3.5-5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical. Cap cuticle consisting of interwoven short celled hyphae about 4-8 µm wide. Edibility Unknown, avoid Notes In my experience, the cap is a pale pink when growing with deciduous trees and dark reddish brown cap with conifers. I do not know if this is a general rule. This mushroom might represent a species complex. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 19 September 2025 Near Thedden Grange, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
With Yew in a church yard. 22 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 22 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 22 October 2021 Medstead, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
10 September 2020 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 10 September 2020 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
22 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 22 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap cuticle hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a 40X objective. 22 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |