On soil with oak and a conifer. 21 November 2023 Alton cemetery, Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Broadly conical, expanding with age with a central bump, margin remaining inturned, smooth, fibrous, rimose, reddish brown, about 15-60 mm across Gills Adnate, broad, brown Stem Cylindrical, white, becoming pale yellow to pale brown, base slightly expanded Flesh Firm, pale brown Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season Autumn Distribution Very rarely recorded Habitat On soil in deciduous woods Spore Print Brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to almond shaped, smooth (8.5-11) x (5-6) µm2. Basidia club shaped, four spored. Gill edge cystidia spindle shaped to flask shaped, with apical crystals. Edibility Unknown, avoid Notes Identified using the keys in Funga Nordica, and information on the Inocybe.org web site.This id has not been independently confirmed. 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 21 November 2023 Alton cemetery, Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 21 November 2023 Alton cemetery, Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Stem cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 21 November 2023 Alton cemetery, Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On soil with oak and a conifer. 20 November 2021 Alton cemetery, Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Basidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cystidia from the stem apex in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill face cystidia in Congo Red solution viewed with a x40 objective. 20 November 2021 Alton, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |