Velvet Shield - Pluteus umbrosus
The cap is 4 to 9 cm in diameter and is sepia to dark brown, usually with slightly darker radial streaks, being convex at first and then flattened, with a wrinkled fibrous surface giving a velvety appearance.
Solitary or in small groups on stumps, rotting fallen branches and other woody debris of broad-leaf trees. This species also appears on sawdust heaps.
Found in late summer and autumn
Infrequent in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge NR
02 October 2005
David Nicholls
Willesley Woods
07 October 2012
David Nicholls
Willesley Woods
07 October 2012
Melinda Bell
Shepshed,Piper Wood
22 October 2023
gills have brown edges
Peter Smith
Leicester, Pioneer Park
17 November 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Velvet Shield
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Pluteaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 02/10/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 22/10/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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