14 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Conical, expanding with age with a narrow umbo, silky, lilac, becoming more brown with age, to about 3 cm across Gills Adnexed, lilac, becoming brown with age Stem Cylindrical, silky fibrous, whitish with a lilac tinge, decorated with fine brown cortinal remains Flesh Thin, brown Smell Earthy Taste Astringent Season Summer to autumn Distribution Very common Habitat In deciduous and coniferous woods Spore Print Umber brown Microscopic Features Spores almond shaped, smooth (8-10) x (5-6.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia spindle shaped with apical encrustation to sack shaped. Gill face cystidia similar. Stem cystidia spindle shaped with apical encrustation. Edibility Inedible 
14 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 objective. 14 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia and basidia in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. 14 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidium and basidium in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. 14 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia and basidia in Congo red viewed with a x40 objective. 14 October 2015 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |