24 October 2024 Puttenham Common, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, smooth when dry, slimy when damp, chestnut brown, margin pale, to about 10 cm across Gills Adnate to emarginate, off white, developing brown spots with age Stem Equal, whitish with reddish brown fibres Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Slightly bitter Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat In deciduous woods, especially with beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (6-7.5) x (3.5-5) µm2, Q = 1 to 1.5. Edibility Poisonous 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 24 October 2024 Puttenham Common, Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
11 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2004 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |