Poison Pie
From the latest record: 2026-10-03.
Gills crowded; whitish to pale cream when young, becoming clay- to cinnamon-brown with maturity; edges whitish
Convex when young, later broadly convex to flat, sometimes obtusely umbonate; smooth, viscid when moist; whitish-buff, pale tan, usually darker centrally and paler toward margin
Adnate to emarginate
Cylindrical to slightly clavate, white to pale cream; pruinose or floccose-granular near apex, fibrillose below; base sometimes enlarged with white mycelial threads; ring absent
Spore print reddish-brown to clay-brown
Mycorrhizal with hardwoods and conifers; forests, woodland edges, dunes and grassy places beneath trees; solitary, scattered or gregariously; summer to late autumn
Poisonous; causes gastrointestinal upset, including nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea
Gills often exuding clear droplets in moist weather that dry as rusty-brown spots
Fruit body medium to large; stipe ~4–13 cm long and ~0.5–2 cm thick
Cap ∅ ~3–11 cm
White, thick and firm, unchanging when cut
No macroscopic reagents reaction
Radish-like
Radish-like
Spores amygdaloid, verrucose, yellow-brown, weakly dextrinoid, ~9–12 × 5–6.5 µm; basidia 4-spored; cheilocystidia abundant, clavate- to spathulate-stipitate; pleurocystidia absent; clamp connections present
Pale sticky poisonpie with weeping gills and radish-like odour
1872). Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard, Sér. 2 5: 128.
Kadrioru park, Tallinn, Harju, Eesti
Urban broadleaf park, horse-chestnuts, ashes, hawthorns, linden and oaks, on rich soil grassland
59°26'17.9"N 24°47'44.2"E
🌡️ 13°C ☁️ Low clouds 💨 Wind 180° S->N, 9 km/h
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