With Pine and Rhododendron. 10 April 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then flattened, or slightly depressed, with a central bump, brown to grey brown, to about 10 cm across Gills Emarginate, crowded, cream then pale brown Stem Cylindrical, base +/- expanded, fibrous, brownish Flesh Firm, brownish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Spring and autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat In woods and grassland Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, with amyloid warts (7.5-9.5) x (4-6) µm2. Basidia four spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical, septate, with a needle like tip, and a broader base (urticoid). Edibility Unknown Notes As with most Melanoleuca species, this fungus cannot be recognised without microscopy. 
Spores viewed with a x100 oil immersion objective. 10 April 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidium. 10 April 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |