Western snow mushroom Pluteus cervinus
Hat: finely fibrillose-silky edge, a little greasy to the touch and with small brown hairs in the center, dark brown to chocolate brown. Blades: free, white and then pink. Stalk: cream with brown fibrils at the base
Flesh: whitish
Spores: 6.5-9 x 4.5-6.5 µm, elliptical
Taste : sweet
Odour: strong, radish
Fruiting season Autumn
Dimension Hat: 2.5-15 cm; Foot: 4-15 x 0.5-3 cm
Habitat Above all, under dead hardwoods, but also conifers