The diameter of this mushroom usually varies from 5 to 16 cm. Spore powder is pale ochre. It grows on moss, in bog bilberry and heather growths in damp pine forests on acidulous soil. Its growing season is from July to October. It is common in Latvia. Before frying it, one should scald mushroom gills.

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