10 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then flattened, finely wrinkled, especially at the centre, date brown, to about 6 cm across Gills Free, broad, crowded, white then pink Stem Equal or broader at the base, silky fibrous, smooth, whitish, tinged reddish brown with age Flesh Whitish Smell None, or +/- unpleasant Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print Pink Microscopic Features Spores sub-spherical, smooth (5-7) x (4.5-6) µm2. Gill edge cystidia club shaped, spindle shaped, or flask shaped (lageniform). Gill face cystidia flask shaped. Edibility Inedible 
10 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 10 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidium in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 10 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Cap cuticle cells in Congo Red viewed with a x40 objective. 10 October 2016 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
30 August 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
September 2000 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Gill edge cystidia viewed with a x40 microscope objective. 30 August 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |