Sweet Poisonpie
Sweet Poisonpie - Hebeloma sacchariolens
Cap 2 to 7 cm across, convex then flattened, sometimes with an indistinct umbo, ochre buff at the centre paling to buff at the margin, greasy. Smell sickly-sweet. Gills clay-brown then rusty.
Difficult to identify with certainty from photos; we recommend they are verified by an expert from a specimen prior to submission to NatureSpot. Also photograph from top down, in side-view and from underneath showing gills; note smell, habitat and substrate
This species is found growing on the ground, often in mixed woodland.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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