Plums and Custard - Tricholomopsis rutilans
The cap surface is yellowi, covered in fine red-purple scales in a radial pattern. As the cap expand into a flattened shap, the yellow flesh becomes more exposed. The gills and stem are bright yellow; spores are white. The stem is pale yellow with purple-red scales.
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On conifer logs, stumps and buried wood
July to October
Widespread and common (Kibby, Vol.2, 2020)
Fairly common but restricted to conifer or mixed woodlands.
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
01 October 2004
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
01 October 2004
Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe,St John the Evangelist,churchyard
15 August 2023
David Nicholls
Battram Wood
17 October 2015
David Nicholls
Battram Wood
17 October 2015
Frank Bedford
Ashby de la Zouch, Hicks Lodge
30 October 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Plums And Custard
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Tricholomataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 23
- First record:
- 01/10/2004 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 28/09/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
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