Veiled Poisonpie - Hebeloma mesophaeum

The cap is brownish and usually 5 cm or less. It is often two coloured being reddish brown near the centre and paler near the margins. The cap is sometimes viscid.  It has a veil that persists as a ring-zone on the stipe.  Smell is raphanoid (radish-like).

other Hebeloma

microscope

This is difficult to identify from photos and we recommend that it is verified by an expert before submission to Naturespot.  Also please photograph from top down, in side view and underneath showing gills; note smell, habitat and substrate.

Woodlands, gardens, pathsides, etc. -  a wide range of habitat

Autumn.

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.