| CAP |
3-6cm in diameter. Convex to bell-shaped. Moist to the touch with typical lilac- to purple tones although drying to other shades such as pinkish brown, orange-yellowish etc. particularly when old. The edge is usually paler with a striate edge. |
| STIPE |
Whitish to reddish-orange straightish and narrow with occasional thickening towards base. |
| GILLS/PORES |
Gills are whitish to pinkish-purple and attached to the gills with a small tooth. Developing cross-gills when older. |
| FLESH |
Whitish-grey and watery. Odour and taste of Radish. |
| SPORES |
Smooth and elliptical to cylindrical. |
| HABITAT |
In troops in deciduous woodland particularly with Beech more rarely with Birch. |
| SEASON |
Common. Autumn. |
| EDIBILITY |
Inedible. r |
