On soil with oak and a conifer in a cemetery. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Broadly conical, expanding with age with a central bump, margin remaining inturned, smooth, fibrous, rimose, reddish brown, about 15-60 mm across Gills Adnate, broad, brown Stem Cylindrical, white, becoming pale yellow to pale brown, base slightly expanded Flesh Firm, pale brown Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Autumn Distribution Very rarely recorded Habitat On soil in deciduous woods Spore Print Brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to almond shaped, smooth (8.5-11) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia spindle shaped to flask shaped, with apical crystals. Edibility Unknown, avoid Notes Identified using the keys in Funga Nordica, and information on the Inocybe.org web site. I interpret I. fuscidula as distinguished by smaller spores, a cap that lacks reddish colours and gills that remain white for a long while. This id has not been independently confirmed. Specimens will be sent to the Kew herbarium. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia from the stem apex in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill face cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |