Description
Cap flat vaulted to flat or widely funnel-shaped, Ø 5-10 cm, when moist somewhat sticky, brownish grey with yellowish shades, sometimes with faint concentric bands.
Gills somewhat declining, yellowish to flesh-coloured or cinnamon-ochrous.
Stem 4-6 x 1-1.5 cm, whitish to brownish grey. Flesh whitish, milk white. Taste very burning sharp. Smell absent.
Spore-print colour pale ochre.
Occurrence
Near Hazel on clay and on moderately nutrient-rich sand or loam.
Forming ectomycorrhiza.