CAP: 5-20cm in diameter. Dark olive to brownish green
with paler outer margin in older specimens. Starting convex with
inrolled margin gradually becoming flattened with central
depression. Scurfy at first becoming viscid. STIPE: Short, equal, pitted and concolorous with cap.
Equal. GILLS/PORES: The decurrent gills are whitish and fairly narrow and
crowded. When bruised they turn sepia. FLESH: Whitish, brittle and stuffed. No distinct aroma but
taste is hot and acrid. SPORES: Hyaline, ellipsoid and ornamented with ridges. HABITAT: Solitary or in scattered groups under birch. SEASON: Common. Autumn. EDIBILITY: Inedible. |
