Stropharia pseudocyanea (Desm.) Morgan, (peppery roundhead)


8 Nov 1998 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summarylate-season washed-out specimens growing in garden
Found asFruitbody
Date8 November 1998
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher8 Nov 1998[A]
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Notes:

Spore print: Date brown.

Cap cuticle: filamentous, strongly gelatinised.

Basidia: 4-spored.

Spores: 6.5-8.3/3.7-4.7µm, smooth

Cheilocystidia: long-stalked; spherical, clavate to utriform or lageniform, ≤10µm diam; clamped at base; often double-headed.

Pleurocystidia: chrysocystidia with yellow body in ammonia solution

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