Hebeloma radicosum (Bull. ex Fr.) Ricken syn. Pholiota radicosa (Bull. ex Fr.) Kummer Marzipanfälbling Hébélome radicant Rooting Poisonpie. Cap 6–9cm across, convex, cream to pale yellowish-brown, glutinous in wet weather. Stem 50–80 x 10–15mm, tapering into a long ‘tap-root’, white and mealy above the ring, covered in brownish fibrous scales below. Flesh white. Taste sweet, smell of almonds. Gills pallid at first darkening slightly with age. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, hyaline, subcylindric to slightly clavate. Spore print dull brown. Spores almond-shaped, minutely warted, 9–10 x 5–6um. Habitat deciduous woods, usually with oak or beech. Season autumn. Rare. Not Edible -suspect. Found In Europe. |