Limacella glioderma (Slimy Lepidella)

Limacella glioderma

Forests, parks. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 4-6 cm across, reddish-brown, orange-brown, chestnut-coloured, slimy, the margins with ragged remnants of a white, brownish veil. Gills whitish, yellowish, free. Stem 5—9x1—2 cm, with a fibrous ring, above which it is whitish, smooth, below it shaggy, ragged, fibrous, slimy. Flesh thin, greyish, with a mealy smell, not bitter. Characteristic features: cap and stem very slimy. Grows singly or in small groups in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forests. Edible, of low value.