| CAP |
3-15cm in diameter. Convex to slighly umbonate. Reddish-copper in colour becoming shiny when dry and viscid when wet. |
| STIPE |
Purplish towards the apex becoming chrome coloured towwards the base. Covered in cottony veil. Slightly sticky. |
| GILLS/PORES |
The gills are buff becoming purplish. Deeply decurrent. |
| FLESH |
Fibrous and pliable. Vinaceous in cap and deep chrome in stem base. |
| SPORES |
Blackish, subfusiform. |
| HABITAT |
In coniferous woodland usually with pines. |
| SEASON |
Common. Autumn. |
| EDIBILITY |
Inedible. r |
