CAP: 3-5cm in diameter. Yellow to orange-brown starting
domed with powdery granules covering the surface becoming flattened with
wavy edges with no granular covering. The surface dries paler and
the edges have a tattered appearance. Often radially wrinkled. STIPE: The stem is equal and has an easily removed ring.
Brownish in colour with yellowish granules covering the lower part. GILLS/PORES: Gills are creamy white, crowded and adnate. FLESH: White becoming yellowish with smell of freshly mown hay. SPORES: Off-white, ellipsoid. HABITAT: Open grassland, parks, gardens and dense woodland. SEASON: Common. Late summer to late autumn. EDIBILITY: Inedible. |
