Prunes and Custard

Tricholomopsis decora

Conifer stumps, windfalls, snags. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized, large. Cap 3-8 (13) cm across, but larger ones are also found, yellow, with greenish, brown or blackish scales. Gills yellow, crowded, adnate. Stem yellow, up to 8 cm long and 1.3 cm thick. Flesh firm, yellow, with an unpleasant smell and bitter taste. Characteristic features: cap scaly. Grows singly or a few fruiting bodies together on fallen spruces or pines, rarely on their snags or stumps. Edible, but of low value.