Plants and animals of Pointfield

 Cap up to 50 mm in diameter. Dry-surfaced and low to high domal in profile without noticeable umbo; a strong orange-brown in colour and with satin-like sheen. Gills moderately dense and adnate, orange-brown in colour. Stem up to 35 mm in length, stout with no ring; solid; off-white, but with orange-stained cortina fibres in upper part of smaller individuals (lost in older individuals); expanding toweards base. Spore print cinnamon brown. Spores amygdaloid and distinctly verucose, 7.6-8.3 x 4.7-5.1 um, mean = 8.0 x 4.8 N = 17; Qav = 1.64. No cheilocystidia or pleurocystidia.

Spaced cluster in soil immediately beneath Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) at bottom of garden.