| CAP |
10-20cm in diameter. Starting cream coloured but
soon blackening as if scorched by a nearby fire. Surface smooth
with a depressed centre. The margin is slightly incurved. |
| STIPE |
Whitish cream then becoming brown and finally black.
Widens towards the apex. |
| GILLS/PORES |
Gills are pale ochre and redden when cut. They are thick
and widely spaced and of differing lengths. |
| FLESH |
Mild to the taste, firm and off white. Turns dull
cherry red on cutting then brown and finally soot black. |
| SPORES |
White, ovoid with small warts. |
| HABITAT |
Broadleaf woodland but occasionally with conifers. |
| SEASON |
Very common. Late summer to autumn. |
| EDIBILITY |
Inedible. r |
