In a cemetery. 31 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical, expanding with age with a narrow central bump, fibrous, reddish brown to grey brown, about 3 to 15 cm across Gills Broad, emarginate to free, white, becoming pink Stem Cylindrical or slightly tapered towards the apex, fibrous lengthwise, concolorous with the cap, white and cottony at the base Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent, more common in the English uplands Habitat On unimproved grassland Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, angular (8-12) x (6-8) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 2 and 4 spored. Gill cystidia bottle and skittle shaped. Edibility Edible, but best avoided due to the similarity of poisonous species Notes The specimens were identified with considerable help from Roy Betts, Chris Johnson and Chris Yeates. 
31 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 31 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 31 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |