Cap
|
Young caps are convex, later flattening but with a broad umbo. The
finely fibrilose caps vary in colour from hazel to olive-brown becoming
more rust-brown towards the centre.
The thin cap flesh is dirty yellow, often with an olive tinge.
Caps expand to between 2 and 7 cm diameter at maturity. |
Gills
|
The thin and fairly crowded, adnate gills are
at first yellow or ochraceous-orange and later cinnamon. As the spores
mature the gills somewhat more rust stained. |
Stipe |
The top of the stipe is pale yellow; the lower part is olive-brown and
covered in red-brown fibrils.
3 to 8 mm in diameter, stems range from 3 to 9 cm tall. |
Spore print |
Rusty brown. |
Odour/taste |
Smell faintly of radish; taste bitter. |
Habitat |
In coniferous woodland; less often found on
heathland under birch trees. |
Season |
August to December. |
Occurrence |
An infrequent species that occurs in quite
large groups in some places. |
