23 October 2021 Preston Candover, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex with a central bump, expanding with age, slimy, greyish brown with a lilac or purple tinge, drying yellowish grey, about 2 to 5 cm across Gills Adnate, broad, pale brown when young, darkening with age, with a white edge Stem Equal with a faint or fragile ring zone, white Flesh Whitish, brittle Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On soil with grass and moss Spore Print Purple brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (7.5-10) x (4-5) µm2. Basidia 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia club shaped to cylindrical with a swollen head. Gill face chrysocystidia club shaped with a small protuberance at the apex. Edibility Inedible 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 23 October 2021 Preston Candover, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia and pleurochrysocystidium in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 23 October 2021 Preston Candover, East Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
October 2004 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |