SCIENTIFIC NAME: PLUTEUS LEONINUS
VERNACULAR NAME: LION SHIELD

Fig 1
CAP 3 - 8cm in diameter.  The golden yellowy orange cap is slightly fibrous and has a faintly grooved margin. The centre of the cap can be usually darker with olivaceous tone. The cap is also hygrophanous.
STIPE White, even and striate. Yellowish tinge from base upwards. The whole stem can become tinged pinkish as spores land on it.
GILLS/PORES Gills are free, pale pink and edged with yellow.
FLESH Thin, whitish and with no significant taste or smell.
SPORES Pink, smooth and sub-globose.
HABITAT On stumps and fallen trunks of broadleaf trees.
SEASON Occasional. Late summer to autumn. 
EDIBILITY Inedible.  r

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