Growing in a damp drainage ditch with oak. 24 September 2025 Near Eyeworth Pond, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Smell Indistinct Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On soil with broadleaf trees Edibility Unknown Notes The specimen shown was provisionally identified as C. lacustris which was confirmed by DNA sequencing carried out by Eric Janke in association with the BMS. The DNA sequence is stored on GenBank under accession number PX898183. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 24 September 2025 Near Eyeworth Pond, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |
