Record Details 23/09/1896 Docking, Hare Wood; No Grid Ref; Charles B. Plowright; "Source: NCLF Part II"; [as Lepiota hispida]; Lit. cited: 234 08/10/1920 Felthorpe Woods; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: NCLF Part II"; [as Lepiota hispida]; Lit. cited: 234 06/10/2025 Boughton Fen; TF718009; Alnus glutinosa; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; NFSG DNA Team; "Several (single) fruitbodies on rich soil with underlying chalk by a Common Alder, Alnus glutinosa, in mixed woodland next to a stream."; DNA barcoded; Genbank:PX788593; Lit. cited: 78;132; Additional NotesBrown cap with dark brown pointed scales towards centre. Creamy white, free, crowded gills. Stem pale brown above ring zone and dark brown and very scaly below, with a slightly bulbous base. Cap diameter 58mm, stem 75 x 10 mm. Smell slight when just picked. Becoming a little stronger after being kept in a pot for several hours, fruity with a hint of cat pee (but pleasanter than that sounds!). Spores white, amyloid, 2.8 – 3.5 x 4.5 – 6 um. Cheilocystidia 20-30 x 4-7um, narrowly clavate, in fascicles. Pileipellis made up of chains of cells with thick, brown walls.
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