Brown Rollrim
Brown Rollrim - Paxillus involutus
Description
A large mushroom with a yellowish-brown cap which has an inrolled woolly margin. The cap and stipe bruise dark brown. Mature caps are flat with a depressed centre. The gills are ochre-coloured and strongly decurrent. Spore-print red-brown.
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
Habitat
Deciduous woodland, usually with Birch
When to see it
Late summer to late autumn
UK Status
Very common throughout Britain
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Further Information
David Nicholls
Bagworth Heath
17 September 2011
Lostash
Whetstone Cemetery
06 November 2015
Groby John
Groby, White Gates Quarry
11 November 2022
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
01 October 2010
Barbara Cooper
The Outwoods
17 September 2015
Barbara Cooper
The Outwoods
17 September 2015
David Nicholls
Ratby churchyard
06 October 2022
David Nicholls
Ratby Church
05 November 2011
AJ Cann
Dimminsdale
27 September 2015
Barbara Cooper
The Outwoods
17 September 2015
Melinda Bell
Heather,QEDJWood
19 September 2025
gills bruised brown
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