10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, expanding with age, smooth, sometimes with veins at the centre, margin lined, initially brown, then whitish from the margin inwards, centre sometimes remaining pale brown, to about 3 cm across Gills Free, crowded, broad, white then pale pink Stem Equal, sometimes bulbous at the base, whitish, lined lengthwise Flesh Whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Rarely reported, but quite common in parts of the New Forest Habitat On dead wood from deciuous trees, favouring beech Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (6.5-8) x (5.5-6.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia mostly flask shaped, some club shaped. Gill face cystidia flask shaped. Cap cuticle cellular. Edibility Unknown Notes According to the Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota this species includes specimens described as Pluteus semibulbosus. It was identified using the key in Field Mycology Volume 11 (3). P. inquilinus and P. plautus are often confused. This collection has not been independently verified. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill face cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cuticle hyphae in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 10 October 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |