Cortinarius largus Fr., (big-bellied webcap)


14 Oct 1999 at OSGR: SU46 in Berks, England

Record Summaryunder Grey Sallow on gravel bank beside pool
Found asFruitbody
Date14 October 1999
Associated organismSalix cinerea
OS grid refOSGR: SU46
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher14 Oct 1999[D]
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Notes:

Cap: viscid; buff; often strongly bluish, esp. towards margin.

Veil: white.

Stipe: with viscid flocci below, clavate.

Cap flesh: slowly yellow with 50% NH4OH.

Cuticle: tase mild.

Spore print: dark "fulvous" = pale "snuff brown"

Spores: 9.5-11/5.5-6.5µm, rough.

Basidia: 4-spored.

Gill edge fertile and without cheilocystidia.

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