25 October 2013 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Lyophyllum deliberatum Cap Convex, expanding with age, often with a broad central bump, smooth, hygrophanous, yellowish brown to grey brown, bruising black, to about 9 cm across Gills Moderately crowded, adnate, sometimes with a decurrent tooth, whitish, bruising bluish then black Stem Cylindrical to club shaped, whitish to greyish, turning slowly black on bruising Flesh Whitish, slowly turning black Smell Mealy Season Autumn Distribution Very rarely recorded, quite probably overlooked or misidentified Habitat Usually in coniferous woods, rarely with deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores almond shaped or rhomboidal depending on viewpoint, smooth (8.5-11.5) x (5-6.5) µm2. Edibility Unknown Notes Both collections were found in the same location. They were identified using the keys and descriptions in Funga Nordica. The identification has not been independently confirmed. 
Spores viewed with a x100 immersion objective and x2.5 projection lens. 25 October 2013 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
RBG Kew herbarium accession number K(M)167655. 2 October 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |