12 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical, explanding with age, with a central umbo, radially fibrillose, brown to greyish brown, to about 4.5 cm across Gills Adnexed to free, pale brown when young, darker with age, margin pale Stem Cylindrical, whitish when young, then pale ochraceous, base whitish Flesh Pale Smell Faint Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In woods, usually with deciduous trees Spore Print Olive-brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to almond shaped, smooth (8-10.5) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia spindle shaped with apical encrustation, club shaped cells also present. Gill face cystidia similar. Stem cystidia spindle shaped with apical encrustation to club shaped. Edibility Inedible 
12 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright . 
Spores in Congo red viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 12 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystida in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. 12 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Stem cystidia in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. 12 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Stem cystidia in Congo red viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 12 October 2015 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |