| CAP |
7-13cm in diameter. Rounded to convex becoming flat the cap of this species is robust and covered with a dark to golden-brown cuticle that is shiny and very slimy indeed. Slightly darker towards the centre with the margin usually hanging on to remnants of the white partial veil. |
| STIPE |
Of medium width, sturdy and yellowish in colour. Above the ring, which is white when young becoming purplish brown with age, the flesh is covered in reddish brown dots. |
| GILLS/PORES |
The slightly decurrent angular pores are lemon yellow and darken with age. |
| FLESH |
White to yellowish and firm in the cap when young and fibrous in the stem when old. Smells faintly of fruit. |
| SPORES |
Yellowish, fusiform.. |
| HABITAT |
In coniferous woodland especially with pines. |
| SEASON |
Common. Autumn with the odd fruiting body sometimes found in Spring. |
| EDIBILITY |
Edible.a |
