Plants and animals of Pointfield

Cap to 60 mm diameter, remaining conical with pointed umbo; surface finely scaly and a shiny copper-brown colour; fresh small forms have a more obviously felted cap with silvery-white topped scales. Red veil fibres often around the edge of the cap in fresh individuals. Gills initially pale; adnate to emarginate with slightly decurrent tooth where they attach; turning a dark chocolate brown in mature forms with some rusty red mottling. Stem to 55 x 5.5 mm; white fibrous ring usually evident; remainder of stem silvery and fibrillose with brown-red scales and vertical striping. Without distinct smell.

Spore print cinnamon brown. Spores small, elongate and amygdaloid without a germ pore; smooth; brown in KOH, darker in Metzer’s; 8.0-9.0 x 4.1-4.8 um (mean = 8.3 x 4.4 um: Q = 1.9). No cystidia seen.

Small patch of individuals near silver birch and damson trees.