13 October 2024 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, with a central bump, surface silky fibrillose, grey, to about 10 cm across Gills Emarginate, broad, whitish, edge often speckled with dark brown dots Stem Equal, fibrous, whitish Flesh Thin, pale grey Smell Indistinct Taste Mild, gradually hot or acrid after chewing for a minute or two Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In deciduous woods, favouring beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (6-8) x (5-6.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
13 October 2024 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
13 October 2024 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 13 October 2024 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |