Poisonpie - Hebeloma crustuliniforme

Cap is darker in middle, convex, eventually umbonate; pale buff/ochre.  The gills are white but turn brown after collection or as it ages, they ooze droplets that cause brown spotting on the gills as they dry.  Smell radish-like.  Spore print brown.  Stem pale, darker to base, faint ring-zone.

other Hebeloma

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Difficult to identify with certainty from photos; we recommend they are verified by an expert prior to submission to NatureSpot.  Also photograph from top down, in side-view and from underneath showing gills; note smell, habitat and substrate.

Well wooded areas including woodland and woodland edge.

July to November.

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.