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 11 September 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin Cap Convex, expanding with age, surface granular, felty then smooth, sometimes with veins at the centre, margin lined, hazel brown, fawn or buff, paler when dry, to about 6 cm across Gills Free, crowded, broad, white then pale pink Stem Fibrous, sparsely scaly, base slightly expanded, whitish Flesh Firm, white Smell Faint, slightly unpleasant, like Lepiota cristata Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On rotten wood from deciduous trees Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores broadly ellipsoidal to subspherical, smooth (7-8) x (6-7) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia flask shaped, spindle shaped, club shaped or cylindrical. Gill face cystidia flask shaped. Stem cystidia cylindrical. Edibility Unknown toxicity Additional Photographs  11 September 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin  11 September 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin |