Wood Woollyfoot - Gymnopus peronatus
Collybiopsis peronatus
The cap variable in colour, from pinkish- to yellowish-brown, convex and sometimes with a slight umbo or depressed centre. It has radial fibrils. Gills are quite widely spaced, inkish or yellowish, and the stem is yellow/brown with dense whitish hairs towards the base. Taste is acrid or peppery, and smell is sour or vinegary.
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate
In leaf or needle litter, mixed woodlands
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
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Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
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Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
det. R Iliffe
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
det. R Iliffe
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Species profile
- Common names
- Wood Woollyfoot
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Omphalotaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 02/11/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 31/10/2023 (Graves, Hazel)
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David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
16 October 2019
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
02 November 2011
