Butter Cap - Rhodocollybia butyracea
Greasy Toughshank
This fungus gets its name from the greasy feel of the cap. It is very variable in colour, from dark reddish-brown to yellowish or pale grey, with a paler edge. It often appears zoned, but can also be almost white when dry. The cap may have a distinct umbo (central bump). The stipe is fibrous and flexible, tapering upwards towards the gills, with the base often covered in woolly hairs. Spore print pinkish-cream.
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It grows in leaf litter in deciduous and coniferous woodland
Autumn to early Winter.
Common throughout Britain
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Butter Cap, Greasy Toughshank
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Omphalotaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 108
- First record:
- 23/10/2004 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 05/12/2025 (Catherine Horrell)
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