Oyster Rollrim

Paxillus panuoides

Rotten coniferous, especially pine, wood. Summer, autumn, even winter.

Fruiting bodies small to medium-sized. Cap 2-8 cm across, fan-shaped, in young fruiting bodies rolled inwards, in old ones the margin bent downwards, yellowish, brownish-yellowish, sometimes with a violet or greenish tinge, fibrous-velvety. Young gills white, later the colour of the cap, with transverse cross-veins. Stem short, lateral, sometimes absent, the colour of the cap. Flesh yellowish, soft, with a pleasant smell, not bitter. Characteristic features: cap softly velvety, tough. Grows several fruiting bodies together, most often on pine wooden structures (benches, gazebos) in parks, gardens and farm buildings. An active wood destroyer.