Lepiota rhodorrhiza (Romagn & Locquin) ex Orton Lepiota rhodorrhiza. Cap 1.5–3cm across, convex then flattened, pinkish-brown and ornamented at the centre with small punctate scales of a brownish-fawn or red-brown tint formed of elongated non-septate hairs without a hymeniform layer at their base. Stem 20–50 x 2–3mm, whitish at first then pinkish-ochre ornamented with fine scales, ring zone indistinct, rhizoids sometimes bright red. Flesh whitish with pinkish tint. Smell strongly acrid. Gills whitish. Spore print white. Spores oval, 5–7 x 3–4um. Habitat deciduous and coniferous woods. Season late autumn. Uncommon. Edibility suspect –avoid as there are others in this group that are deadly poisonous. Found In Europe. Note this fungus was misdetermined in my original ‘Mushrooms and other fungi of Gt. Britain & Europe’ as the deadly poisonous Lepiota subincarnata.