| CAP |
1-4cm in diameter. At first oval then becoming bell-shaped to conical. Dark reddish becoming paler towards the edge. Smooth and tacky sometimes striate or shallowly grooved. The margin has a somewhat tattered appearance. |
| STIPE |
4-8cm long. Equal and delicate and covered with pale hairs. |
| GILLS/PORES |
Gills are white becoming purplish and are narrowly attached to the stem. |
| FLESH |
Delicate, concolorous with the cap or paler and exuding a bloody latex when cut or crushed. No distinct odour and tastes slightly bitter. |
| SPORES |
White Broadly elliptical. |
| HABITAT |
Both deciduous and coniferous forests on rotten logs. |
| SEASON |
Frequent, autumn. |
| EDIBILITY |
Said to be edible but too small to be of any value. a |
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