12 October 2016 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding, with a broad umbo, centre dark brown, margin paler, surface breaking up into coarse scales, margin decorated with veil remnants, to 9cm across Gills Free, distant, broad, white Stem Cylindrical, broader at the base, hollow, whitish, ring with a distinct brown margin, lower part coarsely scaly Flesh Whitish Smell Unpleasant Taste Unpleasant Season Autumn Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat In woods with deciduous or coniferous trees, usually reported with beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (9-12) x (5-6) µm2. Gill edge cystidia club or spindle shaped. Clamp connections present. Edibility Poisonous Notes The specimens shown did not have an unpleasant smell 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 12 October 2016. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidium in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 12 October 2016. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cuticle hyphae in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 12 October 2016. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 12 October 2016. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |