Brown roll-rim
Paxillus involutus · Roll-rims (Paxillus)
Deadly poisonous
Recognise it safely – what matters
- Inrolled, felty cap margin
- Gills stain brown when pressed
- Once regarded as edible – that is outdated
Features
- Cap
- 5–15 cm, ochre to olive brown, margin inrolled for a long time and felty.
- Underside
- Gills: yellowish brown, running down the stem, easily separable from the cap; turn reddish brown where pressed.
- Stem
- Short, brownish, without a ring.
- Flesh
- Yellowish, browns.
- Smell
- Sourish
- Spore print
- Brown
Season
Habitat
Very common in forests, parks and gardens, especially near birch and spruce.
Koivu, Kuusi, Tammi, Mänty
If someone has eaten it
First vomiting and diarrhoea; with the immune reaction abdominal and back pain, dark urine, destruction of blood cells up to kidney failure. First symptoms: gastrointestinal after 1–2 hours, the immune reaction within a few hours.
Act immediately – even without symptoms:
- Emergency number 112 if someone feels unwell.
- Poison centre: Germany – area code of the nearest city with a poison centre + 19240 (e.g. Berlin 030 19240, Munich 089 19240) · Austria +43 1 406 43 43 · Switzerland 145.
- Keep leftovers, trimmings or vomit – it helps with identification.
Never identify mushrooms by pictures or an app alone. When in doubt, ask a mushroom expert – and only pick what you know for sure.