This mushroom can be as tall as 25 cm and as wide as 25 cm. Spore powder is rusty brown, ochre brown. It is one of the largest fungi of Latvia. It grows in nutrient-rich soils along forest tracks and ditches from September to November. Its surface is velvet-like and slightly grainy. It contains small amount of hydrocyanic acid.  It is quite common in Latvia. During the Soviet rule, Latvia's soil was being massively enriched with nitrates, which facilitated the growth of this mushroom. It is slightly poisonous and can cause stomach-ache.

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