CAP: 1-3cm in diameter. Yellowish tan becoming darker towards the centre.
Surface grooved and splitting at the margin. Covered in tiny
mica-like granules that are soon dispersed. STIPE: Smooth with an initial fine downy covering that soon
disappears. White throughout with buff tinge below. GILLS/PORES: The adnexed to free gills start white and eventually turn
black. FLESH: Pallid and thin throughout which deliquesces from the cap
edge inwards. SPORES: Dark brown, mitriform. (Link). HABITAT: In clusters on or around the stumps of dead broadleaved
trees. SEASON: Common. Summer to winter. EDIBILITY: Edible. |
