Hebeloma is a genus of fungi often called poisonpies - their caps have a texture remeniscent of pie crust, and they are mostly poisonous enough to cause unpleasant gastric upsets.
Rooting Poisonpie - Hebeloma radicosum |
This one is the rooting poisonpie - it has a long root attached to the base of the stem and smells of bitter almonds. It mostly grows up from subterranean patches of soil with very high ammonia content - middens of mammals, or sometimes corpses.
Rooting Poisonpie - Hebeloma radicosum |
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