On dead and dying branches and trunks of beech, occasionally oak

Edible after thorough cleaning, but of little culinary value because of the slimy cap

• ▸ Porcelain-white, shiny, slimy cap, grey-brown towards the centre
• ▸ Wide, distant, white gills
• ▸ Slender white stem with a flimsy ring that soon comes off
• ▸ Grows in clusters on dead and dying beech wood