17 October 2024 Minley Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Initially convex, expanding with age, with a broad central bump, surface breaking into yellow brown scales on a yellow background, to about 10 cm across Gills Emarginate, broad, yellow Stem Cylindrical, yellow Flesh Pale yellow Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat On acidic sandy soil in coniferous and deciduous woods Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (3-8) x (3.5-5) µm2 Edibility Poisonous. Rather surprisingly this mushroom is widely eaten, despite the fact that it is poisonous, causing destruction of skeletal muscles, and the release of muscle proteins into the blood stream, causing damage to kidneys. 
13 October 2005 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
26 September 2008 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
7 October 2006 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2004 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
31 October 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |