8 February 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Pholiota oedipus, Phaeogalera dissimulans Cap Convex, expanding with age, surface smooth, viscid when moist, initially dark brown, then yellow or grey brown, margin decorated with white veil remnants, to about 5 cm across Gills Adnate with a subdecurrent tooth, broad, pale brown Stem Equal, often with a swollen base, whitish to pale brown, decorated with whitish veil remnants Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late autumn to early spring Distribution Rare Habitat On leaf mulch and twigs in deciduous woods, favouring ash Spore Print Yellow brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (8-11) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia narrowly cylindrical, irregular. Edibility Inedible 
Spores viewed with a x100 immersion microscope objective and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 8 February 2104 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidium viewed with a x40 microscope objective and x2.5 projection eyepiece. 8 February 2104 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |