SCIENTIFIC NAME: RHODOTUS PALMATUS
VERNACULAR NAME: WRINKLED PEACH

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CAP 5-10cm in diameter.  Convex with an inrolled margin becoming flattened.  Transparent apricot becoming more peach and with a distinct wrinkled surface.
STIPE White to pinkish, covered in white fibrils, curved. Covered in reddish droplets when young.
GILLS/PORES The gills are pale peach and are interconnected and evenly spaced.
FLESH Whitish with various orange-reddish tinges and a bitter taste.
SPORES Pale pink, subglobose and covered in tiny warts.
HABITAT On wood particularly elm.
SEASON Infrequent. Late summer to autumn.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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