While not poisonous, this fungi is psychoactive and contains the same chemicals as Muscaria and Gemmata, and it is the most potent of the three. However, it lack's the nasty lethal toxins found in phalloides and virosa.
Infrequent from Summer till Autumn.
Mycorhizal mainly with hardwood trees, usually with Beech; fairly often found under Oak.
Shiny brown or grey-brown with a very finely striated margin. The cap is initially domed but tends to flatten as the fruit body matures. Pure white remains of the universal veil are dotted, usually fairly evenly, over the cap surface
Flesh is white and does not discolour on cutting or exposure.
White, free, crowded and fairly broad.
Pure white and with a hanging ring, which is thin and floppy in mature specimens. The slightly swollen stem base retains the white remains of the volva, usually as one or more rings or as a helix above a narrow gutter.
When bruised the flesh smells slightly of radish.
