Deceiver

Laccaria laccata – Edible

Forests, parks, grassy places. Spring, summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 1-3 cm, rarely growing up to 3 cm across, finely fibrous or even finely scaly, orange-brown, pinkish-brown or flesh-coloured. Gills distant, thick, adnate. Stem 3-7 (10)x0.3—1.5 cm. Gills and stem the colour of the cap. Flesh with a mushroomy smell, not bitter. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies pinkish-brown, small; appears in all forests of Lithuania, even when other mushrooms are not growing. Appears singly or in small groups. Edible, of low value. Very common.