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. |
