Ringed Rustgill

Gymnopilus intermedius

On rotten deciduous wood. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 2-6 cm across, raised-flattened, with an umbo, pinkish-brown, finely scaly, spotted greenish. Gills reddish-brown, broad, edges paler, semi-decurrent. Stem 3-5x0.5-1 cm, of even thickness, reddish-brown, with a conspicuous remnant of a whitish ring. Flesh yellow, with a mild smell of wood, bitter-tasting. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies smaller than those of the large rustgill, and the stem only with a ring remnant. Grows several fruiting bodies together. Inedible, rare.