Brown Rollrim - Paxillus involutus

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Description

A large mushroom with a yellowish-brown cap which has an inrolled woolly margin.  The cap and stipe bruise dark brown. Mature caps are flat with a depressed centre.  The gills are ochre-coloured and strongly decurrent.  Spore-print red-brown. 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe.  Note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

Deciduous woodland, usually with Birch

When to see it

Late summer to late autumn

UK Status

Very common throughout Britain

VC55 Status

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Further Information

https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/paxillus-involutus.php

  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath
    17 September 2011
  • Lostash
    Whetstone Cemetery
    06 November 2015
  • Groby John
    Groby, White Gates Quarry
    11 November 2022
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    01 October 2010
  • Barbara Cooper
    The Outwoods
    17 September 2015
  • Barbara Cooper
    The Outwoods
    17 September 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby churchyard
    06 October 2022
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Church
    05 November 2011
  • AJ Cann
    Dimminsdale
    27 September 2015
  • Barbara Cooper
    The Outwoods
    17 September 2015
  • Melinda Bell
    Heather,QEDJWood
    19 September 2025
    gills bruised brown

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Brown Rollrim
Species group:
fungus
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Paxillaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
123
First record:
01/10/2004 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
21/10/2025 (Calow, Graham)

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  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Church
    19 October 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath
    17 September 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath
    17 September 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Church
    05 November 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby Church
    05 November 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby, Markfield Road
    05 November 2011
  • Lostash
    Whetstone GCR Footpath
    12 August 2012
  • Lostash
    Whetstone Cemetery
    29 October 2013
  • Lostash
    Leicester Botanical Gardens
    08 November 2015
  • AJ Cann
    Dimminsdale
    27 September 2015
  • AJ Cann
    Knighton
    27 September 2015