| CAP |
3-15cm in diameter. Variable
in yellow/brown colours. Starting convexed then becoming flattened to depressed
with striate edge when mature. Covered in dark fibrilose scales, more so at the
centre, eventually balding. |
| STIPE |
Various tones of yellow, brown darkening towards the bottom.
Cylindrical with slight tapering toward bottom.
Initially with white or yellow membranous ring.
Finely woolly. |
| GILLS/PORES |
White at first then turning yellowish brown.
Decurrent and fairly crowded. |
| FLESH |
White sometimes turning pinkish.
Strong taste. |
| SPORES |
Pale cream, ellipsoid. |
| HABITAT |
Trooping in dense groups on either
deciduous or coniferous woodland. Very
destructive.
|
| SEASON |
Very
common. Late summer to late autumn.
|
| EDIBILITY |
Edible but only when cooked. a |
